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Glenrothesglĕnrŏth'əs, town (1991 pop. 33,639), Fife, E Scotland, on the Leven River. Glenrothes was designated one of the new towns in 1948 to provide housing, community services, and increased social and economic diversity for an expanding mining area. In 1961 the Glenrothes colliery closed. The town is intended to relieve overpopulation in Glasgow. Its industries include light and electronic engineering, computers, plastics, and food processing.
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Glenrothes is a former new town situated in the heart of Fife, in east central Scotland. It is located approximately equidistant between the cities of Edinburgh and Dundee.
Glenrothes is the administrative capital of Fife containing both the Fife Council and Fife Constabulary headquarters. It is also home to several large-scale modern electronics companies establishing it as a major hub in Scotland's Silicon Glen. Glenrothes is unique in Fife as the majority of the town's centre is contained indoors, within Fife's largest indoor shopping centre - The Kingdom Shopping Centre.
According to the recent population estimate, Glenrothes is Fife's third largest...more »
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- Fife, council area, Scotland
Fife, council area (1993 est. pop. 351,200), 510 sq mi (1,322 sq km), and former county, E Scotland, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Tay. The land rises to 1,500 ft (457 m) in the ...
- new towns
New towns, planned urban communities in Great Britain, developed by long-term loans from the central government and first authorized by the New Towns Act of 1946. The chief purpose of the act ...
