Saline, Fife
Saline | |
Saline Saline shown within Fife | |
Population | 1,188 2001 Census |
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OS grid reference | NT022924 |
Council area | Fife |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Scottish |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
EU Parliament | Scotland |
UK Parliament | Dunfermline and West Fife |
Scottish Parliament | Dunfermline |
Saline is a village in Fife, Scotland, situated 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north-west of Dunfermline.
At the 2001 Census the population was 1188, a decline from the 1235 recorded in the 1991 Census. The village has a primary school, a parish church and a golf course. The glen runs from the bottom of the main street through to neighbouring Steelend.
Formerly a weaving centre, Saline was not much redeveloped during the 19th and 20th centuries as the expansion of industrial mining in west Fife largely passed it by. As a result, Saline contains a sizable number of listed buildings, mostly 18th century weavers' cottages.
The village is dominated to the east-north-east by Saline Hill, 359 meters OD, with a hill fort on the eastern summit. The smaller hill to the south of east at Bandrum has a standing stone on the peak.