Welcome to Carnegie Cottage, Dunfermline

Carnegie Cottage is named in honour of Andrew Carnegie. Born in a weaver's cottage in Dunfermline, Carnegie emigrated to America and after becoming one of the richest men in the world gifted the marvellous  Pittencrief Estate, with its historic buildings - know locally as The Glen-- to the People of Dunfermline.

With historic buildings, museums and delightful parkland of its own,

Dunfermline is also ideally situated for visiting many of the historic towns and villages of Scotland, whether travelling by car, or public transport, and you are never far from the sea, and our typically hilly countryside.

OUR LOCATION -- 97 GRIEVE STREET, DUNFERMLINE

We are ideally situated in a quiet residential location just a few minutes walk both to countryside and parkland and to Dunfermline town centre, with all the usual shops and dozens of restaurants and cafes to suit all tastes and budgets.

There is a corner shop for basic provisions just two minutes walk from the cottage.

The bus station with regular buses to numerous places of interest is in the town centre.

Dunfermline train station, on the Edinburgh/Aberdeen line, is twenty minutes walk through the beautiful Pittencrief Park.

The M90 between Edinburgh and Perth is four miles away.  Leaving the motorway at Halbeath, junction 3, follow the A 907 into Dunfermline, and at the roundabout continue on the A907 past the new Debenhams store, and after the bridge, at the traffic lights, turn right into Chalmers Street, then second left into Grieve Street. 

The Rosyth/Zeebrugge ferry terminal is just five miles away.

If travelling to Dunfermline by public transport with heavy luggage, taxis are available at the bus and train stations.