| Glenrothes is home to the remains of ancient stone circles which can be seen at Balbirnie and Balfarg in the northeast of the town. |
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| The Glenrothes Energy Network is a project that will supply low carbon heat to businesses and houses in Glenrothes. |
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| The Glenrothes Development Corporation devoted around one third of land in Glenrothes to the provision of open space. |
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| It focuses on the history of the Glenrothes area from a period between the early 19th century to the late 20th century. |
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| Glenrothes Hospital is a community hospital located in the Forresters Lodge area to the northwest of the town centre. |
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| A war memorial was constructed in Glenrothes in 2007 following the deaths of two local Black Watch soldiers in Iraq. |
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| Prior to this Glenrothes was in the unusual position of not being able to host its own Remembrance Sunday commemorations. |
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| Unlike traditional memorials, the Glenrothes war memorial consists of two interlinking rings of standing stones. |
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| 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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| Henry McLeish, the former First Minister of Scotland lived in Glenrothes, having been brought up in nearby Kennoway. |
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| Tricia Marwick, the first female Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament served as MSP for Glenrothes. |
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| Four pieces of Glenrothes artworks have been awarded listed status by Historic Scotland. |
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| Historic Scotland has also produced a website, a video and an information brochure dedicated to the Glenrothes town art. |
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| The first primary school to be opened in Glenrothes was Carleton Primary School, built in 1953 in Woodside. |
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| Glenrothes High School was built in 1966 to accommodate pupils at a higher level. |
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| Auchmuty High School serves the east and southern parts of Glenrothes as well as the villages of Markinch, Coaltown of Balgonie and Thornton. |
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| Glenwood High School serves the western parts of Glenrothes and the villages of Leslie and Kinglassie. |
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| The Glenrothes campus of the college is located at Stenton Road in Viewfield. |
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| Local campaigners have for a number of years sought the upgrade of the A92 north of Glenrothes. |
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| Edinburgh Airport is the nearest international airport to Glenrothes, Dundee Airport operates daily flights to London, Birmingham and Belfast. |
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| The other Scottish 'new towns' were East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld and Livingston. |
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| The officer, who is from the Glenrothes area, was taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy with injuries to his arm and stomach. |
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| In 1972 he moved to Glenrothes to work in the premises then used as a bottle store for United Glass. |
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| But nine minutes from time Martin levelled to set up a replay next week at Glenrothes. |
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| Makers of The Glenrothes are running a worldwide competition to recruit four successful candidates to work as whisky makers. |
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| They beat Mark White, 31, then left him bound and hooded in a cupboard in Glenrothes. |
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| In 1970 Compugraphics relocated from Aldershot to Glenrothes to provide photomask manufacturing for these companies. |
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| Town artists appointed in Glenrothes include David Harding and Malcolm Robertson. |
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| Glenrothes is the administrative capital of Fife containing both the Fife Council and Police Scotland Fife Division headquarters. |
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| Prior to the development of Glenrothes the main industries in the area were papermaking, coal mining and farming. |
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| On 28 May 1963 Cadco Development Ltd held a press conference in Edinburgh to announce that they were bringing 2,000 jobs to Glenrothes. |
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| A number of other important companies followed establishing Glenrothes as a major industrial hub in Scotland's Silicon Glen. |
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| In 2004 both ADC and Canon had closed their Glenrothes operations with the promised jobs growth never materialising to any substantial level. |
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| Police Scotland has established its Fife Division headquarters in Glenrothes at Viewfield. |
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| Temperatures in Glenrothes, like the rest of Scotland, are relatively moderate given its northern latitude. |
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| Protected wildlife species found in the Glenrothes area include red squirrels,water voles and various types of bats. |
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| The vision for Glenrothes was to provide a clean, healthy and safe environment for the town's residents. |
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| Development of Glenrothes started in Woodside in the east and progressed westwards. |
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| Productive coal measures were largely recorded in the southern parts of Glenrothes, approximately south of the line of the B921 Kinglassie road. |
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| The Glenrothes area's economy predominantly comprises manufacturing and engineering industries, service sector, health and public sector jobs. |
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| Glenrothes is recognised for having the main concentration of specialist manufacturing and engineering companies in Fife. |
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| Premier Inn, Travelodge and Holiday Inn also operate hotels within Glenrothes. |
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| Fife College is also a key employer in Glenrothes with a large campus based at Stenton Road adjacent to Viewfield Industrial Estate. |
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| Fife Council is a major employer in the locality with its prominent local authority headquarters building located in Glenrothes town centre. |
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| A Glenrothes town centre action plan has been developed to create a vision for the wider town centre area. |
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| In May 2013, it was agreed at Glenrothes Area Committee to approve the Glenrothes Town Centre Action Plan. |
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| The Glenrothes Enterprise Hub is another project established as a result of the task force support. |
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| They are East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Livingston, Cumbernauld, and Irvine. |
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| The sixth meeting of the Fife Taskforce was held in Glenrothes today. |
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| Despite having all but written off the by-election in recent weeks, Labour held Glenrothes with a majority of 6,737 over the Scottish National Party. |
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| Fife Council, the unitary local authority for St Andrews, based in Glenrothes is the executive, deliberative and legislative body responsible for local governance. |
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| Glenrothes is unique in Fife as the majority of the town's centre is contained indoors, within Fife's largest indoor shopping centre, the Kingdom Shopping Centre. |
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| The A92 trunk road provides the principal access to the town passing through Glenrothes and connecting it to the wider Scottish motorway and trunk road network. |
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| The Leslie family historically owned much of the land upon which Glenrothes has been built and their family name gave the adjacent village of Leslie its name. |
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| Afroth with ambition, the new owners have already promised to win the Premier League, the Champions League and probably the Glenrothes by-election too. |
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| The Rothes Colliery, the new coal mine associated with the town's development, was built on land to the west of Thornton, an established village south of Glenrothes. |
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| There are a number of social clubs and organisations operating within Glenrothes which contribute to the cultural and community offerings of the town. |
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| The Glenrothes Development Corporation were able to use this status to attract a plethora of light industries and modern electronics factories to the town as a consequence. |
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| In 1968 Glenrothes was the first town in the UK to appoint a town artist. |
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| There are a number of former stately homes located in Glenrothes. |
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| Glenrothes was awarded a Carbuncle Award in 2009 which was set up by Urban Realm and Carnyx Group to challenge the quality of built environments in Scotland. |
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| In the immediate aftermath of the award Urban Realm hosted a conference in the town named 'Saving Down Towns' as part of an effort to underline how great Glenrothes could be. |
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| In 2011 Historic Scotland completed an assessment of the town art in Glenrothes, ultimately awarding listed status to a number of artworks scattered throughout the town. |
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| Glenrothes is represented by a number of tiers of elected government. |
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| Glenrothes now lies within one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. |
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| Glenrothes High School serves the central and northern areas in the town. |
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| A number of public service and third sector agencies and authorities are based in Glenrothes contributing to the town's administrative centre function. |
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| Fife Council is the executive, deliberative and legislative body responsible for local governance in the region and has its main headquarters in Glenrothes. |
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| For the purposes of the Scottish Parliament, Glenrothes forms part of the Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency following the 2011 Scottish elections. |
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| The villages of Kinglassie, Milton of Balgonie and Star of Markinch are located slightly further away and are physically separated from Glenrothes by farmland. |
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| Southern parts of Glenrothes are largely industrial and are situated on land which gently slopes south towards the Lochty Burn and the village of Thornton. |
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| Balgonie Castle located to the east of Glenrothes on the south bank of the River Leven near Milton of Balgonie and Coaltown of Balgonie is also a local landmark. |
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