Thornton
in Fife of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Edinburgh Airport (17 mi) - RAF Leuchars (18 mi)
- Dundee Airport (20 mi)
- Perth/Scone Airport (21 mi)
- Glasgow International Airport (54 mi)
- Aberdeen Dyce Airport (80 mi)
- Carlisle Airport (86 mi)
- RAF Kinloss (104 mi)
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (Unesco heritage, 21 mi)
- New Lanark (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Dunnikier Park Golf Club (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Canmore Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Gullane Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Bruntsfield Links (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Duddingston Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Kilspindie Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Braid Hills No.1 Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Craigmillar Park Golf Course (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Lothianburn Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Camperdown Golf Course (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Edinburgh Zoo (zoo, (16 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 56.167 and -3.150 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 56° 10' 0" and W -3° 9' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:56 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:30 am and 4:21 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.883 and 170.633 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pukehiki - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Touring Thornton
Thornton in Fife (Scotland) with it's 2,110 residents is a town located in United Kingdom about 345 mi (or 555 km) north of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Thornton is now 11:56 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports nearby Thornton, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Edinburgh Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 28 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are two Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Old and New Towns of Edinburgh in a distance of 21 mi (or 33 km), South-East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. We collected 1 points of interest near this location. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Glenrothes, Edinburgh, Dalkeith, Dundee and Perth. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 50 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 79% |
| Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 96% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
11°C (52 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Sky is clear, calm, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Balbirnie House Hotel
BEST WESTERN BALGEDDIE HOUSE HOTEL
Lomond Hills Hotel and Leisure Centre
GLENROTHES
Glenrothes
Holiday Inn Express GLENROTHES
Videos from this area
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Carpet cleaning glenrothes
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Kirkcaldy 2 Glenrothes
Driving from Rejects in Kirkcaldy to ASDA then on to Glenrothes along the A92 Thornton Bypass. Converting the files from my Traveler DV5000 seems to speed everything up!
City Of St Andrews Pipe Band Scottish Highland Gathering Thornton Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of City Of St Andrews Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife. The Band was formed in 1972 and is based in St Andrews...
Glenrothes - Kirkcaldy via Thornton
Road trip - set at about twice the normal speed to keep it under the 10 minute limit.
Kirkcaldy to Glenrothes
Driving from Kirkcaldy Esplanade to Glenrothes along the A92 Thornton Bypass. Speeded up by 54% to keep it under 10 minutes.
kata sanchin (1st kyu) goju ryu martial arts academy glenrothes 20-12-08
Demonstration of kata sanchin by 1st kyu students from the Goju Ryu Martal Arts Academy Glenrothes Fife Scotland.
Glenrothes & District Pipe Band Markinch 2012
Glenrothes & District Pipe Band practising their 1st 3 tunes and bit of slow-air of their medley at Markinch 2012. They were playing in the Grade 3 contest. Overall the band got 2nd. Also got...
Ryan's 21st Birthday party Warout Stadium Glenrothes 17/06/11
Ryan's 21st birthday party at Warout stadium Glenrothes. A great night of entertainment and dancing! My lighting looked really good in this room especially as I could use my smoke machine....
PC-7 flying at Glenrothes Aeromodelling Club
Seagull PC-9 scaled to look like a US Navy PC-7. Irvine .53 with HItec reciever and gear.
Indoor Centre Net Session
Eddie Gibbs and Vasu Reddy start pre-season training at Glenrothes Indoor Cricket Centre with session recorded and live streamed with only an iPhone.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kirkcaldy High School
Kirkcaldy High School is a 6-year co-educational comprehensive state school in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)
Glenrothes is a British Parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons. It was created for the 2005 general election. The seat is currently held by Lindsay Roy, of the Scottish Labour party. He held the seat in the 2010 general election, with a greatly increased margin.
Fife Ice Arena
Fife Ice Arena (originally known as Kirkcaldy Ice Rink) opened in 1938. Kirkcaldy Ice Rink was designed by architects Williamson & Hubbard. Fife Ice Arena is the home venue of the oldest Ice Hockey team in the UK - the Fife Flyers. It is also a venue for public skating, figure skating, speed skating, curling and ice shows. The arena has also hosted concerts, boxing, wrestling, motorcycle ice speedway and other events such as dog shows.
Kingdom FM
Kingdom FM is the dedicated Adult Contemporary radio station for Fife, Scotland. Kingdom FM broadcasts from its studios in Markinch on five frequencies across Fife, 95.2fm in West Fife, 96.1 in Central Fife, 105.4fm in St Andrews, 106.3fm in the East Neuk and 96.6fm in Kirkcaldy and on the web from www. kingdomfm. co. uk. Kingdom FM started broadcasting on the 5th October 1998.
Pitcoudie
Pitcoudie is a housing area in North Glenrothes in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland - comprising 396 terraced and semi-detached houses. Traditionally, a pitcoudie was a donkey, mule or work-horse which ferried coal and slag from the coal mines - spending most of its life underground. The area of Pitcoudie today exists on what was once an extensive range of mining-shafts and pits.
Thornton, Fife
Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes, and stands between the River Ore and Lochty Burn, which are at opposite ends of the main street.
Kingdom Shopping Centre
The Kingdom Centre is the main shopping destination in Glenrothes, located in the town centre. It is the largest indoor shopping centre in Fife and is one of the largest single-level indoor shopping centres in Scotland with around 40,000 sq m (430,000 sq ft) of (gross) floorspace. The centre has some of the highest levels of footfall in Fife and currently contains over 100 shop units as well as a variety of cafes, the town's central library and the Rothes Halls- the town's theatre/civic centre.
Victoria Hospital (Kirkcaldy)
Victoria Hospital is a large hospital situated to the north of the town centre in Kirkcaldy, in Fife, Scotland. As one of two main hospitals in Fife, this serves both the town and surrounding Mid-Fife area. The Victoria has been run by Fife Acute Hospital NHS trust since 1999, formerly the Kirkcaldy Acute Hospital trust. Construction of the hospital began in 1955, surrounding the site of the sanatorium and fever hospital, completed between 1899 and 1910.
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