Dalgety Bay

Dalgety Bay
View of Dalgety Bay from North Queensferry across Inverkeithing Bay
Dalgety Bay is located in Fife
Dalgety Bay
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Location within Fife
Location near the City of Edinburgh council area
Location near the City of Edinburgh council area
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Location near the City of Edinburgh council area
Population9,710 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNT149841
• Edinburgh8.5 mi (13.7 km)
• London339 mi (546 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDunfermline
Postcode districtKY11
Dialling code01383
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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56°02′35″N 3°22′03″W / 56.04295°N 3.36755°W / 56.04295; -3.36755

Dalgety Bay (/dælˈɡɛti ˈbeɪ/ ⓘ) is a coastal town and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, 9 miles from Edinburgh city centre. The civil parish is the 8th largest in Fife with a population of 10,777 (2011)[1][2]

Dalgety bay was named after the original village of Dalgety, evident by the ruins of the 12th century St Bridget's Kirk. The root of the place-name Dalgety is the Scottish Gaelic word dealg, 'thorn', and the full name originally meant 'the place of the thorn[-bushes]'.[3] The new town, of which building started in 1965, takes its name from the main bay it adjoins, but the town stretches over many bays and coves including Donibristle Bay and St David's Bay.

Dalgety Bay is a commuter town and around 30% of the towns' workers work in Edinburgh.[4] While the architecture of the town reflects construction by volume housebuilders, the town is a regular winner of the Best Kept Small Town title.[5] Dalgety Bay contains 9 Listed Buildings or structures by Historic Scotland, and features on the Fife Coastal Path.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930
  3. ^ "Dalgety". Fife Place-name Data. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Dalgety Bay | Understanding Scottish Places". www.usp.scot. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Dalgety Bay & Hillend CC". Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Limekilns to Burntisland". Fife Coast & Countryside Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.