Windygates

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Windygates is a small district in central Fife, Scotland.

It encompasses the villages hamlets and estates of Wellsgreen Farm, Little Lun Farm, Woodbank Farm, The Maw (a former farming community), Cameron, Isabella, Smithyhill, Cameronbridge, Bridgend, Durie Estate, Duniface Farm, Haughmill (a former weaving community), Drumcaldie, The Meetings (Confluence of Rivers Leven and Ore), Bankhead of Balcurvie, Fernhill, Fernbank (both former farms), Balcurvie Village (a former weaving community), Little Balcurvie, Hawthorn Bank, Kennowayburns and Windygates Village itself. Housing demands of the 20th century brought all of these, almost forgotten identities, together into a district now commonly known as Windygates.

Today 'Windygates' is situated along the A911 road after its sister village Milton of Balgonie, the A915 after 'Grahams Folly' Wood and the A916 after Kennoway.

Windygates is home to TV personality Gary Brown (G Broon) star of RBS television advertisements. Gary is well known in the village and often enjoys an ale in the local public house called 'The Auld Hoose'

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Coordinates: 56°11′34″N 3°03′16″W / 56.192738°N 3.054414°W / 56.192738; -3.054414

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