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Council area
  
Fife

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
ALLOA

Local time
  
Monday 10:18 PM

Lieutenancy area
  
Fife

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
FK10

Population
  
11,174 (2011)

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Weather
  
-9°C, Wind E at 18 km/h, 80% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Kincardine Lighthouse and Muse, Victoria Park Gallery, Paddy Walker House

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Kincardine (Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn) or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. It was at one time a reasonably prosperous minor port. The townscape retains many good examples of Scottish vernacular buildings from the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, although it was greatly altered during the construction of Kincardine Bridge in 1932-36.

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Transport

Kincardine Bridge runs south from Kincardine. It is the main crossing-point of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Road Bridge and Stirling. Kincardine Bridge used to be a swing bridge and opened to large ships, but this was closed in a final ceremony in 1988. The bridge had seven spans made of steel. There was a large control room at the top of the bridge, this used to be manned to allow the operators to open the bridge to large ships and river traffic. In 2005, it was given Category A listed status by Historic Scotland.

During the last several decades, the town has suffered from increased congestion due to the increase of vehicles using the bridge. This heavy congestion was reduced in 2005 by the opening of an eastern bypass connecting the Kincardine bridge with the A985 Inverkeithing/Forth Road Bridge artery. In 2008 the western section of the town was bypassed with the opening of the Clackmannanshire Bridge.

Police

Kincardine is also the location of the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan Castle on the outskirts of the town.

References

Kincardine Wikipedia


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