Kinghorn
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 A view across Kinghorn harbour | |
  Kinghorn Location within Fife | |
| Population | 2,940 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NT271869 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Burntisland |
| Postcode district | KY3 |
| Dialling code | 01592 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Kinghorn (/ˈkɪŋhɔːrn/ ; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Gronna) is a town and parish in Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh.
Known as the place where King Alexander III of Scotland died, it lies on the A921 road and the Fife Coastal Path. Kinghorn railway station is on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Fife Circle railway lines. Kinghorn only has a primary school, so high school pupils must travel by bus to Balwearie High School in Kirkcaldy. Burntisland was in the past referred to as Little Kinghorn or Wester Kinghorn.[2]
The town's lifeboat station is one of Scotland's busiest – regularly getting called out to all sorts of emergencies in the Firth. Currently stationed at Kinghorn is an Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat, B-836 "Tommy Niven".
The civil parish has a population of 4,201 (in 2011).[3] According to the 2008 population estimate, the town has a population of 2,930.[4]
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Fasti Ecclesistae Scotia p.80
- ^ "Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Mid-2008 Population Estimates" (PDF). National Records of Scotland.