Kingseat

This article is about the village in Fife, Scotland. For the village in Aberdeenshire, see Kingseat, Aberdeenshire. For the community in New Zealand, see Kingseat, Auckland.

Kingseat
Halfway House Hotel in the centre of the village
Kingseat
Location within Fife
Population860 (2020)
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

Kingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Dunfermline. It was originally a coal mining village with the first pits sunk in the area in the mid 1800s. According to local belief, the village’s name comes from royal visits to the area, where the king was said to have looked out over the River Forth and toward Arthur's Seat.

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