Local Species Action Plan- Bats" (PDF). Fife Coast and Countryside Trust. Archived from the original ( PDF) on 17 March 2012 . Retrieved 11 August 2011.

Pacific Stars And Stripes, Feb 4, 1967, p. 9". NewspaperArchive.com. 4 February 1967 . Retrieved 16 May 2022. The A911 road passes east/west through the town and connects it with Levenmouth in the east and Milnathort and the M90 in the west. [236] The B921 Kinglassie Road, described in early masterplans as the Southern Freeway, [234] links Glenrothes to the former mining communities of Cardenden and Kinglassie, and to Westfield. The route is a dual carriageway between Bankhead Roundabout and as far west as Fife Airport. Early masterplans show that this route was originally intended to be upgraded to provide dualled connections to the A92 Chapel junction in Kirkcaldy, [234] however this has never been implemented. Graeme Strachan (30 June 2023). "The birth of Glenrothes – and what Fife's new town might have been called". The Courier . Retrieved 1 July 2023.

Major industrial estates were developed to the south of Glenrothes, largely because it was near the proposed East Fife Regional Road (A92) which was developed in 1989, giving dual carriageway access to the main central Scotland road network. [45] The rapid growth experienced in Silicon Glen peaked in the 1990s with Canon developing their first UK manufacturing plant at Westwood Park in Glenrothes in 1992. [39] ADC Telecommunications, a major American electronics company, established a base at Bankhead in early 2000 with the promise of a substantial number of jobs. [49] Around the start of the 21st century, a decline in major electronics manufacturing in Scotland affected the town's economy, and thus the industrial base of the town was forced to diversify for the second time in its short history. [50] [51] By 2004 both ADC and Canon had closed their Glenrothes operations, with much of the promised jobs growth failing to materialise. This was largely due to the electronics industrial sector in Glenrothes and most of central Scotland being dependent upon an inward investment strategy that led to almost 43% of employment in foreign-owned plants which were susceptible to changes in global economic markets. [52] Post-New Town History [ edit ] Famous people associated with the town include the actor Dougray Scott who grew up in Glenrothes and attended Auchmuty High School.

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Fife Housing Land Audit 2022 - Schedule 1a: Effective Housing Land Supply 2022 by SESplan Housing Market Area - Glenrothes/Markinch" (PDF). Fife Council . Retrieved 25 January 2023. In 2011 then Historic Scotland completed an assessment of the town art in Glenrothes, ultimately awarding listed status to a number of artworks scattered throughout the town. The organisation also gave positive recognition to Glenrothes' significant role in helping to create the idea of art being a key factor in creating a sense of place. [67] Glenrothes ( listen ⓘ; / ɡ l ɛ n ˈ r ɒ θ ɪ s/, glen- ROTH-iss; Scots: Glenrothes; Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Rathais) is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It had a population of 39,277 in the 2011 census, making it the third largest settlement in Fife and the 18th most populous locality in Scotland. Glenrothes is the administrative capital of Fife, containing the headquarters of both Fife Council and Police Scotland Fife Division and is a major service centre within the area.