Steelend

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Steelend
Steelend - geograph.org.uk - 123592.jpg
Steelend in 2006
Steelend is located in Fife
Steelend
Steelend
Location within Fife
Population320 (1991)
OS grid referenceNT036924
Council area
  • Fife
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDunfermline
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°06′43″N 3°32′56″W / 56.112°N 3.549°W / 56.112; -3.549Coordinates: 56°06′43″N 3°32′56″W / 56.112°N 3.549°W / 56.112; -3.549

Steelend is a former mining village in West Fife, Scotland, located on the B914 road approximately three-quarters of a mile east of the village of Saline and four miles north-west of Dunfermline. The village is home to a community centre[1] and the Steelend Miners Welfare Club. A church was once located in the village but was demolished in the 1980s.[2] In 1991 it had a population of 320.[3]

The now-defunct Steelend Victoria F.C. were based at Woodside Park on the east side of the village until 2013 when the club folded due to financial issues.[4] The name comes from a farm on Saline Hill north of Steelend.[5]

A goods railway station once existed to the east of the village on the West of Fife Mineral Railway.[6] The station served the several collieries that once operated nearby to Steelend, which included Sunnybraes Colliery, Saline Valley Colliery, Killernie Colliery and North Steelend Colliery.[7]

The public transport serves the village in the form of buses which run to Dunfermline, Falkirk or Rosyth.[8][9][10]

To the south of the village is Bandrum Hill, on top of which is a large standing stone,[11] which are accessible from Steelend by a path. To the north of the village is the eastern end of Saline Glen, which carries the Saline Burn and a footpath which leads west into the centre of Saline.

References[]

  1. ^ "Steelend Community Leisure Centre". fife.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Former Steelend Church". scottishchurches.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Steelend Details". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Junior side Steelend Victoria fold". dunfermlinepress.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Steelend". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Steelend Goods". railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Coal Mines - Scotland". nmrs.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. ^ "28 Dunfermline - Falkirk" (PDF). stagecoachbus.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. ^ "6A Dunfermline - Oakley" (PDF). stagecoachbus.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Service 4B, F6 Bus times" (PDF). bay-travel.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Bandrum". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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