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Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries is a public library. Within the locality of Dunfermline, it is one of the places to visit. The register lists it as a category B listed building.

Where

In Dunfermline

inside the locality

Run by

Fife Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Art gallery in Dunfermline

Inside Dunfermline

Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries is inside Dunfermline’s locality, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category B listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Dunfermline has 166 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

For warmth, aim for June to August (17–19°C highs in Dunfermline).

Jan7° / 1°86 mm

Feb7° / 1°75 mm

Mar9° / 2°69 mm

Apr12° / 4°53 mm

May15° / 6°58 mm

Jun17° / 9°76 mm

Jul19° / 11°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°82 mm

Sep17° / 9°68 mm

Oct13° / 6°101 mm

Nov9° / 3°83 mm

Dec7° / 1°98 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Dunfermline, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Dunfermline. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Dunfermline’s full climate →

About

Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

Management falls to Fife Council. Articles on it exist in 3 languages. Look also at Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins), 200 m away, first of 49 more within 15 km.

Dunfermline’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Art gallery
Run by: Fife Council
Listed: Category B listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Dunfermline
Official site: fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=0C95F6FA-11D6-467F-BDE5ED42118689F4&resc_title=Library

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting to Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries is the orange one.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

With 56,053 people, Dunfermline is the largest of the 5. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Dunfermline

56,053 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 3 km southeast of it

Rosyth

13,309 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 4 km west of it

Cairneyhill

2,657 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 4.6 km east of it

Crossgates

2,993 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries is	People	Places to visit
Dunfermline	It’s in town	56,053	14
Rosyth	3 km southeast of it	13,309	18
Cairneyhill	4 km west of it	2,657	6
Crossgates	4.6 km east of it	2,993	8
Inverkeithing	4.7 km southeast of it	5,273	16

Make a day of it

Around Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

There are 49 within 15 km, 4 castles, 2 museums and a palace among them.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins)200 m away 2

PalaceLinlithgow Palace13 km away 3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBlackness Castle7.9 km away 4MuseumMuseumAndrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum300 m away 5

CastleAberdour Castle10 km away 6

MuseumAbbot House, Dunfermline100 m away 7

CastleMidhope Castle8.8 km away 8

Historic houseHopetoun House8.3 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

Where is Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries?

Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries is in Dunfermline, Fife, inside the town’s locality.

What is Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries?

Public library in Fife, Scotland, UK.

Who runs Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries?

Fife Council.

When is the best time to visit Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries?

June to August are the warmest months in Dunfermline, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries a listed building?

Yes: category B listed building.

What else is there to see near Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries?

Within 15 km: Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins) (200 m), Linlithgow Palace (13 km), Blackness Castle (7.9 km) and Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum (300 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins): Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Linlithgow Palace: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackness Castle: Dr John Wells, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdour Castle: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbot House, Dunfermline: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Midhope Castle: Camer01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hopetoun House: User:Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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