Steelend
Steelend | |
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![]() Steelend in 2006 | |
![]() ![]() Steelend Location within Fife | |
Population | 320 (1991) |
OS grid reference | NT036924 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Dunfermline |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Scottish Parliament | |
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[]
- ^ "Steelend Community Leisure Centre". fife.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Former Steelend Church". scottishchurches.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Steelend Details". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Junior side Steelend Victoria fold". dunfermlinepress.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Steelend". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Steelend Goods". railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Coal Mines - Scotland". nmrs.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "28 Dunfermline - Falkirk" (PDF). stagecoachbus.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "6A Dunfermline - Oakley" (PDF). stagecoachbus.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Service 4B, F6 Bus times" (PDF). bay-travel.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Bandrum". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- Villages in Fife