Duloch

Duloch (or Duloch Park) is a mainly residential suburb of the Royal Burgh of Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland. Duloch and the surrounding area is a dormitory suburb of Edinburgh - and it has close commuting links to Edinburgh and surrounding areas of Fife via the M90.

Correctly pronounced as du/doo-loch (from Scottish Gaelic Dubh) not dull-och.

The closest railway stations are Rosyth, Dunfermline Queen Margaret, Dunfermline Town, Dalgety Bay and Inverkeithing.

The lower price of new homes compared to homes across the Forth in Edinburgh, and proximity to the M90 motorway, has attracted many Edinburgh commuters.

Local amenities include two large supermarkets (Tesco and Aldi) and a small 'village' shopping area including a local restaurant/bar. The nearby 'Fife Leisure Park' contains a cinema, gym, bowling alley and other leisure facilities as well as several restaurants. There are currently three primary schools serving the area - Masterton Primary School, Duloch Primary School, which is adjacent to Calaiswood special needs school, and a third school named Carnegie Primary School. Duloch Schools and Community Campus incorporates a large library, café, gym, and several halls mainly used for sports and community classes. Carnegie Primary School (whose pupils are currently travelling to Inverkeithing to be schooled) is due to open in late 2011.^[1]

History

Historically Duloch was spelled Dow Loch, as can be seen in the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, made in 1654 by Joan Blaeu (1596–1673),^[2] and the Roy Military Survey, 1747-1755.^[3] Duloch comes from the Scottish Gaelic 'Dubh Loch' meaning Black Water - marshland prone to flooding. This is one reason for the large number of suds ponds (Sustainable Urban Drainage) in the area. Historic buildings include category A listed Old Duloch House, described as, "an ancient mansion; also a modern house, the occasional residence of its proprietor; and on a promontory near St. Margaret's Hope.",^[4] to the south is Pitreavie Castle and doocot and to the east, across the motorway, Fordell Castle, the Fordell Estate and the Fordell Firs National Scout Camp.

The modern estate was developed as part of the 'Dunfermline and the Coast Local Plan' as developed by Fife Council from the late 1990s [1].

References

1. ^ "Fife Primary Education". http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=subject.display&subjectid=0AB411F8-508B-DE79-478BA07C673E89C9. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 
2. ^ "National Library of Scotland". Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070607042218/http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/blaeu/90.html. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 
3. ^ "National Library of Scotland". Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070607031751/http://www.nls.uk/maps/roy/pilot.html. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 
4. ^ ""Ibris - Issay", A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, (1846), pp. 555-84". http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43448. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 

Coordinates: 56°03′45″N 3°24′07″W / 56.0625°N 3.4019°W / 56.0625; -3.4019