Windygates

Windygates
Windygates
Koordinaten 56° 12′ N, 3° 3′ W56.193055555556-3.055Koordinaten: 56° 12′ N, 3° 3′ W
Windygates (Schottland)
Windygates
Windygates
Bevölkerung 1.645 (Zensus 2001)
Verwaltung
Post town LEVEN
Postleitzahlen­abschnitt KY8
Landesteil Scotland
Unitary authority Fife
Britisches Parlament Glenrothes
Schottisches Parlament Mid Fife and Glenrothes

Windygates ist ein Dorf in der schottischen Unitary Authority Fife nördlich des Flusses Leven. Es liegt sechs Kilometer östlich von Glenrothes und 25 km nordnordöstlich von Edinburgh. Im Jahr 2001 betrug die Einwohnerzahl 1645.[1] Windygates war einst ein bedeutender Wegpunkt auf der Strecke zwischen Nordfife und der Fähre über den Firth of Forth.[2]

Mit der seit 1824 aktiven Cameronbridge-Brennerei betreibt der internationale Konzern Diageo in Windygates eine der größten Whiskybrennereien Schottlands.[3]

  • Straßenzug in Windygates

  • Cameronbridge-Brennerei

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Statistische Daten
  2. ↑ Eintrag im Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Eintrag zur Cameronbridge-Brennerei bei whiskiesofscotland.com

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