Ballingry is a small town, in Fife

Fife

Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

, close to the border with Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...

, north of Lochgelly

Lochgelly

Lochgelly is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the town has a population of 6,834.-History:From the 1830s...

. It has an estimated population (2004) of 5,740 http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/settlements-and-localities/mid-2004-population-estimates-for-localities-in-scotland.html. The once separate villages of Ballingry, Lochore, Crosshill

Crosshill, Fife

Crosshill is a village in Fife, Scotland, located just to the south of the village of Lochore, and to the east of Loch Ore.-Current Affairs:Crosshill was the scene of a murder by one of Scotland's youngest murderers....

, and Glencraig

Glencraig

Glencraig is a very small former mining village in Scotland, situated in the Benarty area of Fife, between Crosshill and Lochgelly. The village's population has decreased significantly since the decline of the coal-mining industry during the 1970s and 1980s....

 are now somewhat joined together as the part of the Benarty area. Ballingry, along with its neighbour Lochgelly, is one of Fife's 'Regeneration areas' and is classed as in need of regeneration economically and socially.

Schools

It has a large primary school, Benarty Primary School, as well as a smaller Roman Catholic primary school, St Kenneth's, one of seven feeder school

Feeder school

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s to St. Columba's R.C. High School in Dunfermline

Dunfermline

Dunfermline is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. According to a 2008 estimate, Dunfermline has a population of 46,430, making it the second-biggest settlement in Fife. Part of the town's name comes from the Gaelic word...

.

Facilities

Facilities in Ballingry (not including Lochore, Crosshill or Glencraig) include Fife Council Offices and a police station, as well as Benarty Community Centre, which is to be demolished and replaced with a newer one in another part of Ballingry. It is also located very close to Lochore Meadows Country Park which includes the loch itself, as well as a large park for children(which has recently been renovated) and a canoe club..The village also has its own junior football team, Ballingry Rovers FC, which currently play as part of the East Region Junior League.

Transport

Stagecoach

Stagecoach Group

Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Sir Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...

 operates the 19, 19A, 19B services between Ballingry and Rosyth which run through Lochore, Crosshill, Glencraig, Lochgelly, Lumphinans, Cowdenbeath

Cowdenbeath

Cowdenbeath is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is 5 miles north-east of Dunfermline and 18 miles north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a Police Burgh in 1890...

, Hill of Beath, Crossgates, Halbeath and Dunfermline

Dunfermline

Dunfermline is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. According to a 2008 estimate, Dunfermline has a population of 46,430, making it the second-biggest settlement in Fife. Part of the town's name comes from the Gaelic word...

, operating at up to every ten minutes on week days and Saturdays. The 34/34A service runs between Ballingry and Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...

 and there is also the 20/20A which travels through the smaller streets between Ballingry and Lochgelly. The 81 service operates hourly between Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline and Glenrothes, with stops in between in Cowdenbeath and Ballingry.

The nearest railway station is Lochgelly

Lochgelly railway station

Lochgelly railway station is a railway station in Lochgelly, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, north of .Lochgelly station is on the end of the town towards Ballingry....

, with services to Edinburgh, Kinghorn, Burntisland, Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy.

Notable people

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and film-maker Richard Jobson

Richard Jobson (television presenter)

Richard Jobson is a Scottish singer-songwriter and film-maker, best known as a television presenter, film director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:...

, footballer Doug Rougvie

Doug Rougvie

Douglas 'Doug' Rougvie is a retired Scottish international footballer who played mainly for Aberdeen and Chelsea.-Aberdeen:...

 and actor Michael Nardone

Michael Nardone

Michael Nardone is a Scottish actor born in 1967 in Fife, was raised in Ballingry and trained at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. He starred as Mascius in the BBC/HBO/RAI TV series Rome and appeared as DCI Richard Whiteside in BBC Scotland drama River City.-Selected Filmography:* ...

are from the town.