Fife

This article is about the County.
For the Highway Authority, see Fife Council.

Fife is a traditional county on the eastern coast of Scotland. Of all of the Mainland Scottish counties, it is the one which has kept its borders and identity almost intact throughout all of the local government reorganisations. Plans to include it in Tayside Regional Council in 1975 were thwarted, so Fife County Council became Fife Regional Council, became the modern Fife Council Unitary Authority. Anciently known as the Kingdom of Fife, it is perhaps the counties position as a peninsula between the Firths of Forth and Tay that help shape its identity.

Geography & Economy

The B9131 above Anstruther

The Landscape of Fife is unlike the typical image of Scotland as a mountainous country with deep narrow glens and lochs. Instead, it is a gently rolling green county of fields and farms dotted with towns and villages. The presence of Edinburgh just across the Forth, and to a lesser extent to Dundee on the north bank of the Tay have ensured that this farmland has been a prosperous area, feeding the nearby cities, whilst the fishing villages of the south Fife coast also thrived. Industry came later, with docks and ports, coal mining, salt production and quarrying all playing their part.

Today the south coast, particularly in the East Neuk, are popular with tourists. The pretty houses and cottages of the old fishing villages providing a picturesque backdrop to the sea views of a rugged coastline. St Andrews and Dunfermline - ancient cities - also attract tourists, with St Andrews University now world famous. The new Town of Glenrothes, like much of the county, serves as commuter belt for the Capital, via the famous Forth Bridges. There are still deprived, often former industrial, areas in the county, but much of it remains prosperous and welcoming.

Roads

Forth Road Bridge heading to Fife

The gently rolling landscape allows a good network of roads across the county. The A91 and A92 provide some good fast routes in places, whilst the M90 crosses the county near Dunfermline. Other A and B roads criss-cross between the towns and villages, although being a populous county they can become busy, especially in the summer, and progress can be slow. The old development plans for upgrading routes in the south of Fife in particular never came to anything, but for the visitor it is probably part of the charm of the area, that you approach many places at a slower pace in keeping with the destination.

The county also enjoys a number of impressive bridges, spanning its borders. These include the Tay Road Bridge to Dundee, the Kincardine Bridge and Clackmannanshire Bridge to the west and the Forth Road Bridge and new Queensferry Crossing to the south. All non-trunk roads within the traditional county are maintained by Fife Council with the trunk roads being maintained by Transport Scotland. These include the A90, A92, A977, A985 and Motorways.

Route	From	To	Length
M90	Kirkilston	Perth	28.7 miles	View
A92(M)	Halbeath	Crossgates	1.2 miles	View
A823(M)	Inverkeithing	Rosyth	1.0 mile	View
A90	Edinburgh	Fraserburgh	146 miles	View
A91	Stirling	St Andrews	53 miles	View
A92	Dunfermline	Blackdog	111 miles	View
A823	Pitreavie, Rosyth	Westerton	28.8 miles	View
A876	Bowtrees	Kilbagie	4.0 miles	View
A906	Dunfermline	Inverkeithing	5.8 miles	View
A907	Causewayhead	Halbeath	22.4 miles	View
A909	Kelty	Burntisland	9.5 miles	View
A910	Kirkcaldy	Kirkcaldy Bypass	3.7 miles	View
A911	Milnathort	Windygates	15.4 miles	View
A912	Muirhead	Perth	21.6 miles	View
A913	Cupar	Aberargie	15.0 miles	View
A914	Muirhead	Newport on Tay	15.0 miles	View
A915	Kirkcaldy	St Andrews	21.0 miles	View
A916	Cupar	Windygates	9.9 miles	View
A917	Kirkton of Largo	St Andrews	24.3 miles	View
A918	Abbey Street	City Road	0.5 miles	View
A919	Guardbridge	St Michaels	2.7 miles	View
A921	Forth Road Bridge	Kirkcaldy Bypass	15.7 miles	View
A921	Upper Largo	Ragfield	12.9 miles	View
A954	Boat Brae	High Street	0.3 miles	View
A955	Kirkcaldy	Leven Bypass	8.9 miles	View
A959	Anstruther Easter	Brownhills, St Andrews	7.8 miles	View
A976	Rumblingwell	Pilmuir Street	0.7 miles	View
A977	Kincardine	Kinross	17.3 miles	View
A983	Falkland	Newburgh	7.1 miles	View
A985	Kincardine Bridge	Rosyth	13.8 miles	View
A987	Crossroads	Aberdour	1.8 miles	View
A988	Gallatown	Templehall	1.7 miles	View
A994	Dunfermline	Cairneyhill	3.0 miles	View
A9000	Echline	Ferrytoll	2.6 miles	View
B911	Dunfermline	Clackmannan	12.6 miles	View
B912	Dunfermline	Kelty (South)	4.0 miles	View
B912	Torryburn	Limekilns	3.5 miles	View
B913	Dollar	Gowkhall	9.1 miles	View
B914	Saline	Kelty	6.7 miles	View
B915	Bowershall	Greenknowes	1.7 miles	View
B916	Dunfermline	Dalgety Bay	3.8 miles	View
B917	Hill of Beath	Keltybridge	4.0 miles	View
B920	Lochgelly	Scotlandwell	5.3 miles	View
B921	Auchterderran	Coaltown of Balgonie	6.5 miles	View
B922	Cluny	Kinglassie	2.8 miles	View
B923	Burntisland	Kinghorn	2.5 miles	View
B924	Braefoot	Bernard's Smithy	2.4 miles	View
B924	Esplanade	Nichol Street	0.8 miles	View
B925	Crossgates	Pathhead, Kirkcaldy	10.5 miles	View
B926	Templehall	Gallatown	1.6 miles	View
B927	Letham	Leven	2.3 miles	View
B928	Dysart	Gallatown	0.6 miles	View
B929	Dysart	Boreland	0.6 miles	View
B930	Cameron	Buckhaven	0.9 miles	View
B931	Buckhaven	Leven	2.3 miles	View
B932	Cameron Bridge	Leven	2.6 miles	View
B933	Windygates Road	Methilhaven Road	0.7 miles	View
B936	Den of Lindores	Freuchie	9.1 miles	View
B937	Ladybank	Lindores	5.8 miles	View
B937	Freuchie	Parbroath, Luthrie	8.3 miles	View
B938	Eden's Muir	Ladybank	0.6 miles	View
B939	Craigrothie	St Andrews	9.2 miles	View
B940	Cupar	Crail	17.1 miles	View
B941	Peat Inn	Elie	6.8 miles	View
B942	Pittenweem	Balchrystie	5.2 miles	View
B943	James Street	Pittenweem Harbour	0.3 miles	View
B944	Wellesley Road, Buckhaven	Station Road, Buckhaven	0.5 miles	View
B944	Anstruther	Brownhills	7.8 miles	View
B945	St Michaels	Tayport	4.0 miles	View
B946	St Fort	Tayport	6.6 miles	View
B948	James Street	Pittenweem Harbour	0.3 miles	View
B969	Balfarg	East Finglassie	3.5 miles	View
B980	Inverkeithing (S)	Rosyth (N)	2.3 miles	View
B981	North Queensferry	Kirkcaldy	19.6 miles	View
B995	Newport-on-Tay	Forgan Roundabout	0.9 miles	View
B996	Kelty	Bein Inn	14.6 miles	View
B9037	Blairhall	Cairneyhill	5.3 miles	View
B9097	Crook of Devon	Auchterderran	12.7 miles	View
B9129	Kingskettle	Ladybank	2.1 miles	View
B9130	Glenrothes	Dysart (N)	6.0 miles	View
B9131	Brownhills	Anstruther Easter	8.6 miles	View
B9149	Lochgelly By Pass	Lochgelly(E)	0.9 miles	View
B9155	Rumblingwell	Pilmuir St	0.7 miles	View
B9156	Dunfermline	Limekilns(N)	2.1 miles	View
B9157	Aberdour(W)	Kirkcaldy	8.5 miles	View
B9171	Abercrombie (NW)	Crail (N)	7.5 miles	View
T92	Dennyloanhead	St Andrews		View
T93	Inverkeithing	Perth		View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Fife

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Fife