Crosshill

Settlement in Fife

Scotland

Crosshill

Greyhound Rescue Fife Walk April 2019 Greyhound Rescue Fife Walk April 2019 at Lochore Meadows Country Park — Greyhound Rescue Fife Walk April 2019 Credit: Mary Rodgers

Crosshill is a small village situated in the Fife region of Scotland. With a population of around 300 residents, it is a close-knit community that offers a peaceful and picturesque setting. The village is located approximately 5 miles east of Lochgelly and 7 miles northwest of Kirkcaldy, making it easily accessible from larger towns and cities in the area.

Known for its stunning countryside views, Crosshill is surrounded by rolling hills and green landscapes, providing ample opportunities for outdoor activities such as hiking, cycling, and nature walks. The village is also in close proximity to the beautiful Lomond Hills Regional Park, which offers a range of recreational activities for visitors to enjoy.

Although small in size, Crosshill offers some basic amenities for its residents, including a local convenience store, a post office, and a primary school. For more extensive shopping options, residents can easily access nearby towns and cities.

The village has a rich history, with evidence of human settlement dating back to prehistoric times. It is home to several historical landmarks, including the Crosshill Parish Church, which dates back to the 17th century, and the Crosshill War Memorial, which honours the local soldiers who lost their lives in World War I and II.

Overall, Crosshill, Fife is a charming village that offers a tranquil and scenic environment for its residents. Its close proximity to larger towns and cities, combined with its natural beauty and historical significance, make it an attractive place to live or visit.

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Crosshill Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 56.149947/-3.324336 or Grid Reference NT1796. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Greyhound Rescue Fife Walk April 2019

Greyhound Rescue Fife Walk April 2019 at Lochore Meadows Country Park

Mary Rodgers

Cooling Their Feet

Greyhound Rescue Fife Walk April 2019 and the dogs are cooling their feet in the loch after a long walk.

Mary Rodgers

Loch Ore

The original Loch Ore was drained in the 1790s but attempts to reclaim the land were unsuccessful and the loch gradually returned, aided by the extensive mining in the area.

Robert Struthers

Lochore Meadows

Lochore Meadows is a country park centred around the eponymous loch.

Robert Struthers

Old Wall on Harran Hill

Robert Struthers

Ballingry Cemetery, Fife

With Navitie Hill beyond.

M J Richardson

Ballingry Cemetery, Fife

With houses on Navitie Park, and the slopes of Navitie Hill beyond.

M J Richardson

Ballingry Skate Park

Part of a very smart, neat and tidy play space - the skate park shows up on Google Earth from 2017, so it is wearing well.

M J Richardson

Benarty Cycle Zone

An innovative cycle training area for children at the Benarty Community Centre in Ballingry.

M J Richardson

Ballingry Police Community Office

Part of the Benarty Centre, with cafe, library and space for activities.

M J Richardson

Lochtyburn Way, Ballingry

New houses at Ballingray.

M J Richardson

Lochtyburn Avenue

New houses at Ballingry, part of a small new estate, with older houses beyond.

M J Richardson

Lochleven Road, Ballingry

Looking north, from the junction of the B920 with the new Lochtyburn Avenue.

M J Richardson

Sheep west of Ballingry

This field is on the track that links Benarty Hill with Lochore Meadows.

Aleks Scholz

Navitie Park in Ballingry

This settlement around a beautiful green space is opposite the exotic Nisa grocery store.

Aleks Scholz

Track through Benarty Woods

This travel track links the plateau of Benarty Hill with the road.

Aleks Scholz

Mountain Bike Trail Feature

This is the last - or possibly first, though I imagine the two cyclists I saw negotiating it with ease were travelling in their particular direction for obvious reasons - feature in one of a few small sections of Lochore Meadows Country Park set aside for mountain biking. This ramp thing sits on a trail called the 'Skills Loop'. This Country Park is by far the busiest and best put together I have come across in Scotland so far, though I have only visited a handful of the 40 there are. Country Parks are designated as such by the local council (or councils if they straddle authority boundaries, though I have no idea whether this straddling occurs in any of them) and are non-statutory designations. This means that it is the council who decide what is allowed to go on in them, and what bye-laws they want to bring in to help with their operation. As is always the case with these things however, how much overall autonomy the local authorities have is a grey area. Whilst it is supposedly up to the councils to decide whether there is a need for them or not, considering that the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 goes so far as to give local authorities the power to carry out compulsory land purchases it seems likely that if a council managing an area the size of Fife, with so many areas of high population density, deemed such freely accessible recreational areas unnecessary they would fall foul of some higher governmental policies. Next up from a Country Park is a Regional Park. These are far larger, and contain a far higher proportion of private land, and a far higher number of residential properties and business properties/operations. Whilst within a Country Park people can pretty much wander around wherever they like and do as they please, a Regional Park's remit is essentially to give the public better access to private land for recreation than is afforded by Scotland's 'right to roam' legislation, generally by having waymarked routes and set-aside recreational areas within them. Scotland currently has three of these, one of which is Lomond Hills Regional Park. The odd thing about the Lomond Hills one is that it is for some reason split into two sections. Futhermore, one of these contains, in its entirety, Lochore Meadows Country Park.

Ian Dodds

Clune Craig

A faint path - just visible in the picture - leads from the West of the main track that goes round Loch Ore to this hill, but it doesn't rejoin the track to the East. Since I approached the hill from the East, via another small stoney hillock, I'm not sure where it ends up, but it's surprising that curiosity hasn't beaten a path to the top from the other direction, considering the amount of paths there are leading off from the main track to other obscure places. This 118 metre hill - not much higher than the loch - along with the nearby small plantation, takes its name from an old farm that used sit just East of the summit. How the farm got its name though is unclear. Right now, due to a week-long hot spell and low rainfall over recent months, Scotland resembles Spain. There are very few green fields left around here.

Ian Dodds

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Crosshill is located at Grid Ref: NT1796 (Lat: 56.149947, Lng: -3.324336)

Unitary Authority: Fife

Police Authority: Fife