Collydean, Glenrothes

Name: Collydean
Address: Glenrothes, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Glenrothes

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Collydean is a precinct or neighbourhood in Glenrothes, Fife. ()

Coordinates: 56°12'51"N, 3°11'10"W

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Glenrothes United Kingdom

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Collydean – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Falkland Palace, Kingdom Shopping Centre, Bunnet Stane, Balgonie Castle.

2.9 miN
Forts and castles, Historical place, Palace
Falkland Palace, Falkland
74 min walk • Nestled in the quaint village of Falkland, Scotland, Falkland Palace stands as a testament to the grandeur of Scottish Renaissance architecture. Once a favored retreat of the Stuart monarchs, this opulent palace is steeped in history and royal intrigue.
1.3 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Kingdom Shopping Centre, Glenrothes
35 min walk • The Kingdom Centre is the main shopping destination in Glenrothes, located in the town centre. It is the largest indoor shopping centre in Fife and is one of the largest single-level indoor shopping centres in Scotland with around 40,000 m² of floorspace.
5.3 miNW
Rock, Nature, Natural attraction
Bunnet Stane
136 min walk • The Bunnet Stane is a rock formation near the hamlet of Gateside in Fife, at the foot of West Lomond. It sits upon one of the calciferous sandstone outcrops of the Old Red Sandstone suie that exist around the base of the Lomond Hills.
3.3 miSE
Wedding chapel, Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Balgonie Castle, Markinch
83 min walk • Balgonie Castle is located on the south bank of the River Leven near Milton of Balgonie, 3.5 kilometres east of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland.
2.6 miNW
Nature, Hill, Park
Lomond Hills, Leven
68 min walk • The Lomond Hills, also known outside the locality as the Paps of Fife, are a range of hills in central Scotland. They lie in western central Fife and Perth and Kinross, Scotland. At 522 metres West Lomond is the highest point in the county of Fife.
4.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
West Lomond
122 min walk • West Lomond is the highest point in the county of Fife, Scotland and the highest peak in the Lomond Hills. Its cone-shaped summit, which is the remains of a volcanic plug, rises above an escarpment of Carboniferous sandstone and limestone layers, capped with a quartz-microgabbro sill.
0.9 miS
Park
Riverside Park, Glenrothes
24 min walk • Riverside Park is a town park situated in the town of Glenrothes, Fife. The park has pleasant woodland walks, floral gardens, a pond and recently an Arboretum has been planted. The park has several play areas and town art sculptures, adventure play areas, seasonal toilets and fitness equipment.
5.1 miN
Forts and castles
Myres Castle
132 min walk • Myres Castle is a Scottish castle situated in Fife near the village of Auchtermuchty. Its history is interleaved with that of nearby Falkland Palace with present-day castle construction dating to 1530.
0.8 miSW
Ruins
Leslie House, Glenrothes
21 min walk • Leslie House in Leslie, Fife was the largest and earliest Restoration house in Fife, Scotland. The building was gutted in a 2009 fire. Several of the buildings are listed. Sir Robert Spencer Nairn acquired the house in 1919 and in 1952, donated it to the Church of Scotland.
6.2 miSE
Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Macduff's Castle
157 min walk • MacDuff's Castle is a ruined castle near East Wemyss, in Fife, Scotland. The site is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the middle ages, although nothing survives from this period.
1 miE
Archaeological site
Balfarg
27 min walk • Balfarg is a prehistoric monument complex in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. With the development of Glenrothes new town in the latter half of the 20th Century an adjacent residential area was developed around the complex carrying the same name.