Oakley, Fife
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Oakley is a village in Fife, Scotland.
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Oakley, a village at the mutual border of Carnock and Culross parishes, Fife, about 5 miles (8.0 km) W by N of Dunfermline on the A 907. Built in connection with the Forth or Oakley Iron-works (1846), now all gone along with the colliery industry. The iron-works, now stopped, had six furnaces, with stacks 180 feet (55 m) high; and the engine-house was built with walls so deeply founded and so massive as to comprise 60, 0 cubic feet (0 m³) of stone below the surface of the ground. Pop. (1861) 1817, (1871) 1127, (1881) 3l2, (1891) 369 Comrie Colliery closed in 1984, and the village took many years to recover from this major employers demise. The old Dunfermline to Stirling railway line has now been converted to a very pleasant cycle track used in all weathers by a wide variety of people.
Two Burns merge in the village, the Oakley and Comrie Burns, again a pleasant walking area in the summer months. There are adequate religious establishments, the Parish Church and the Holy Name Catholic church are well subscribed too.
The village is made up of a wide variety of housing with modern schemes in Comrie, most of the houses built in the 1950's for incoming mineworkers from the west coast have been purchased by the occupants. There is a pub, The Greyhound Bar, in the centre of the village. A Social club on the main A907. A variety of shops are in the village, from Chinese and Indian takeaways, hairdressers, post office and supermarket to the one and only Eddies Chippie. There is a small industrial estate to the north of the village providing some employment around the area.
To the south lies Inzievar House once visited by Jules Verne, now converted into flats. There is a thriving broad wood industry operated by Scottish Woods within the woodland.
[edit] Education
There is now a modern school complex known as Oakley Campus, combining the Inzievar Primary and Holy Name Primary into one modern building. The campus is used for a varied programme of out of school events and can be hired for private use. Alongside the school is a new sports field yet to be used (2008).
[edit] Health
Oakley Health Centre provides a wide and comprehensive programme of health care from the cradle to the grave, including a dental surgery, Podiatry Clinic, Physiotherapy Clinic. and a free skudbook
[edit] Public library
The library which has limited opening hours is available and is situated in the Oakley Campus.
