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. There are two memorial notice boards in the vicinity of the village. One is dedicated to the colliery and the other to the village.

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Lochgelly High School

Lochgelly High School is a non-denominational secondary school located in Lochgelly, Fife. The school's catchment area covers Lochgelly and the surrounding towns and villages of Ballingry, Cardenden, Crosshill, Glencraig and Lochore. The school has more than double the Scottish average number of students entitled to free school meals.
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Lochgelly railway station

Lochgelly railway station is a railway station in Lochgelly, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 25 miles (40 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley. Lochgelly station is on the end of the town towards Ballingry. The station can be accessed via a ramp from the small car park up to the Edinburgh platform. To access the north bound platform, passengers must cross the road from the car park and climb a flight of stairs. This station is unstaffed and has no ticket vending facilities. Passengers boarding here must buy their tickets from staff on the train. There is a public phone in the waiting shelter on the Kirkcaldy platform. There are regular bus services to the town centre.
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Lochore Castle

Lochore Castle is a ruined 14th-century tower house, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, and south of Lochore, east of Loch Ore, in Lochore Country Park. Little remains of the castle, which was originally on the island of Inchgall, the name meaning “Isle of Strangers”. It may be known alternatively as Inchgall Castle
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Crosshill, Fife

Crosshill is a village in Fife, Scotland, situated just south of Lochore and east of Loch Ore.