56º07N 3º10W, pop (1999e) 45 000. Town in Fife, E Scotland, UK; on the N shore of the Firth of Forth, 17 km/10 mi N of Edinburgh; birthplace of Robert Adam, Henry Balnaves, Adam Smith, David Steel; railway; Ravenscraig Castle (15th-c); linoleum, engineering.

Kirkcaldy
Location
OS grid reference:	NT275915
Statistics
Population:	46,912
Administration
Council area:	Fife
Constituent country:	Scotland
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Police force:	Fife Constabulary
Lieutenancy area:	Fife
Former county:	Fife
Post office and telephone
Post town:	KIRKCALDY
Postal district:	KY1, KY2
Dialling code:	01592
Politics
Scottish Parliament:	Kirkcaldy Mid Scotland and Fife
UK Parliament:	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
European Parliament:	Scotland

Kirkcaldy (pronounced kir-kawdy) is the largest town in Fife, Scotland. Its town centre was designated a conservation area in 1980 and amongst many interesting buildings are the Old Parish Church with its late medieval, 15th-century Ravenscraig Castle, 17th-century Sailor's Walk, Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery (1925), the Adam Smith Centre (1894-99), the Nordic style Town House designed in 1937 by David Carr, Dunnikier House (built in the 1790s and now a hotel), Balwearie Community School dating from the 1960s, and St Brycedale Church (1877-81) which rises to 60m (200 feet) and takes its name from Kirkcaldy's patron saint.

Kirkcaldy is home to four high schools and twelve primary schools, they are as follows:

High Schools

Balwearie High School Kirkcaldy High School St Andrews R C Viewforth High School

Primary Schools

Capshard Dunearn Dunnikier Dysart Fair Isle Kirkcaldy North Kirkcaldy West Pathhead Sinclairtown St Maries R C Torbain Valley

Media

The local paper, the Fife Free Press is published every Thursday containing all the latest news from the town.

Churches

Name	Address	Postcode
Abbotshall Church	Abbotshall Road Kirkcaldy	KY2 5PH
Christian Centre Ministries Ltd	131 Links Street Kirkcaldy	KY1 1QL
Kirkcaldy Old Parish Church	2 Townsend Place Kirkcaldy	KY1 1HB
Linktown Church	Nicol Street Kirkcaldy	KY1 1NY
Newcraigs Evangelical Church	Forres Drive Kirkcaldy	KY2 6YL
Pathhead Baptist	Anderson Street Kirkcaldy	KY1 2AQ
Pathhead Parish Church	Church Street Kirkcaldy	KY1 2AJ
Rhema Church	131 Links Street Kirkcaldy	KY1 1QL
St Brycedale Church	St Brycedale Avenue Kirkcaldy	KY1 1ET
St John's Church Of Scotland	Meldrum Road Kirkcaldy	KY2 5LE
St Maries Church	101 Dunnikier Road Kirkcaldy	KY2 5AP
Templehall Parish Church	Beauly Place Kirkcaldy	KY2 6EX
The Church of Christ	Hayfield Road Kirkcaldy	KY2 5DG
The Coptic Orthodox Church Of Scotland	Links Street Kirkcaldy	KY1 1QE
Whytecauseway Baptist Church	94 Barry Road Kirkcaldy	KY2 6JL

Church associations

At one time the 4th Kirkcaldy Company of the Boys Brigade was the largest company in this organisation.