Kirkcaldy

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Kirkcaldy District 1975-96

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Kirkcaldy is currently the largest town in Fife, Scotland. Known as The Lang Toun in Scots, it has a population of 47,155 Langtonians - the name for Kirkcaldy's residents.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

It is on the North side of the Firth of Forth a large river estuary leading into the North Sea. Kirkcaldy sits between Dundee, and Edinburgh. The little old village of Dysart is now counted as part of Kirkcaldy - the newer more sprawling town.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Kirkcaldy is famous for its traditional linoleum manufacturing centre, linen production and its annual week-long Links Market - Europe's longest street market - that celebrated its 700th anniversary in 2004. The town still has one of the longest developed sea-fronts in Europe, overlooking the Firth of Forth river. In the seventeenth century it boasted one of the earliest Latvian consulates.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Fife: :This article is about the area in Scotland. For other uses, see Fife (disambiguation)....

Scotland: :For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). See also British Isles (terminology)....

Scots: Scots may refer to:...