Where is Craigtoun Country Park?

Craigtoun Country Park is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.3180°, -2.8410°.

Country parks · Scottish Highlands

Craigtoun Country Park

Craigtoun Country Park in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Boating Pond at Craigtoun Park - geograph.org.uk - 2419285 — Elliott Simpson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Craigtoun Country Park is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Craigtoun Country Park is a country park located approximately 2 miles to the south-west of St Andrews in the county of Fife, Scotland. The site is currently owned by Fife Council, with park amenities being operated as of 2012 by the charitable organisation Friends of Craigtoun Park. The park was originally part of the Mount Melville Estate, 47 acres (19 ha) of which was purchased by Fife County Council for £25,000 in 1947.

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Background

History

The Mount Melville Estate, originally called Craigtoun, was one of the many Melville family estates, first acquired in 1698 for General George Melville of Strathkiness. In the late 18th century General Robert Melville oversaw extensive landscaping of the grounds including the planting of orchards and woodland. James Gillespie Graham was responsible for the reconstruction of the house between 1820 and 1821. The house and grounds continued in Melville family ownership until 1901 when the new owner Dr James Younger of the Younger brewing dynasty commissioned Paul W. Waterhouse to design a new mansion house and landscape the park. Waterhouse created or modified the majority of the features…

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