Mines & mining heritage · Central Scotland
Oakley
In or near Cairneyhill.
Oakley in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Bo'ness · 6.3 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Oakley in the Scottish Highlands, the nearest railway station is Bo'ness, which is 6.3 km away. The postcode for Oakley is KY12 8HD. Entry details are not provided, so please check in advance for accessibility information.
About
Oakley 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
Oakley is a village in Fife, Scotland located at the mutual border of Carnock and Culross parishes, Fife, 5+1⁄2 miles (9 kilometres) west of Dunfermline on the A907. The village was built in connection with the Forth or Oakley Ironworks (1846), now all gone along with the colliery industry. The ironworks, which ceased production many years ago, had six furnaces, with stacks 180 feet (55 metres) high, and the engine-house was built with walls to comprise 60 cu ft (1.7 m3) of stone below the surface of the ground. Subsequent to their use in the ironworks, the buildings were used as a sawmill producing rough timber for railway sleepers, fence posts and the like. Comrie Colliery closed in 1986, and the village took many years to recover from this major employer's demise.
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Background
Description
Amenities include: three parks, one of which is attached to the local community centre in the north of the village and has astroturf sports pitches available to the surrounding areas; Blairwood Park, Oakley United's football ground; a cycle track which was formerly a railway line that ran from Dunfermline to Stirling and provides access to the local countryside; a Co-Operative which doubles as a Post Office; two hair salons; a bakers; a butchers; a pharmacy; three hot food takeaways; a café and a few other grocery stores. Two burns merge in the south-west of the village, the Blair and Carnock Burns, providing another scenic walking area. The Blair Burn, which flows on the west side of the…
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- Coordinates
- 56.0700, -3.5600
- District
- Fife
- Postcode
- KY12 8HD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dunfermline and Dollar
- Nearest railway station
- Bo'ness — 6.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q3305082 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Oakley, Fife (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Oakley?
- Oakley is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode KY12 8HD).
- What is Oakley?
- Oakley in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Oakley?
- The nearest railway station is Bo'ness, about 6.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode KY12 8HD.
- How do I get to Oakley?
- The nearest railway station is Bo'ness, about 6.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode KY12 8HD.