Cleish is a rural hamlet off the B9097 between Crook of Devon and the M90 motorway, three miles south-west of Kinross in central Scotland. It lies in the historic county of Kinross-shire.
At the last census (2011), the population of the civil parish was 685.[1]
The village is mentioned in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Abbot. The majority of buildings date from the 18th century and the village retains much charm. The school dates from 1835.[2]
It is a designated conservation area.[3]
Cleish Castle lies to the west of the hamlet.
- ^ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland, web site www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk - See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish Retrieved April 2021.
- ^ website, Cleish Primary School. "Cleish Primary School - Home". Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Conservation Areas". Retrieved 25 January 2017.