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'''Glenrothes''', [[Fife]], [[Scotland]] (pronounced Glen-roaths) was the first New Town in Scotland to be designated under the New Towns Act 1946. It was initially intennded to provide better housing conditions for miners in the Fife coalfield, but following the precipitous decline of that industry, its role was changed to one of a light industrial centre and a location for overspill housing for the city of [[Glasgow]]. Glenrothes is served by a railway station at [[Markinch]]. Its hotels and facilities are popular with visitors to nearby [[St Andrews]].
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'''Glenrothes''' is a town in the county of [[Fife]], east-central [[Scotland]]. It was the first New Town in Scotland to be designated under the New Towns Act 1946. It was initially intended to provide better housing conditions for miners in the Fife coalfield, but following the precipitous decline of that industry, its role was changed to one of a light industrial centre and a location for overspill housing for the city of [[Glasgow]].  
  
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The name Glenrothes means 'glen of the rothes' or 'valley of the rothes', ''rothes'' being a [[Scots]] term for bog cotton, which formerly grew widely on the swampy valley floor.
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Latest revision as of 17:56, April 13, 2009

Glenrothes is a town in the county of Fife, east-central Scotland. It was the first New Town in Scotland to be designated under the New Towns Act 1946. It was initially intended to provide better housing conditions for miners in the Fife coalfield, but following the precipitous decline of that industry, its role was changed to one of a light industrial centre and a location for overspill housing for the city of Glasgow.