Yesterday, I went down to the Black Bings just to capture the area and see what changes have happened in the place. As a young kid, I used to go down there all the time as it was a good place to climb and explore, even though you got maukit. I knew nature has slowly been reclaiming the area back, …

Lochgelly Train Station was temporarily closed today, with several trains cancelled, and traffic limitations put in by the police after a truck had struck the railway bridge. An employee from Network Rail had confirmed that it was a truck responsible for crashing into the bridge. The accident happened between 11:00am – 11:30am, as the truck did not have enough clearance …

Information Written and Sourced: http://www.fifedirect.org.uk Fife Council’s Planning Committee was updated on progress recently on the forthcoming Lochgelly Charrette. Internationally acclaimed designer, Andres Duany and his team, will be heading to Lochgelly between 8 and 13 March 2010 to work with the local community, developers, landowners and Planners as part of the Scotland Charrette, the Scottish Government’s Sustainable Communities Initiative. …

This fascinating film, (in 2 parts), was uploaded to YouTube and depicts the local area and wider area, and gives an insight into the local mines. On the second part of the film, you get a glimpse of Berry Street, and how it used to be. The film is filmed from all over Fife, mainly in the Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenden, …

This fascinating film, (in 2 parts), was uploaded to YouTube and depicts the local area and wider area, and gives an insight into the local mines. On the second part of the film, you get a glimpse of Berry Street, and how it used to be. The film is filmed from all over Fife, mainly in the Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenden, …

The Community Wardens for the Lochgelly area have recently been going door to door delivering leaflets advertising their new “Drop In” service (details below): Community Wardens – Fife Community Safety Partnership – DROP IN Every Monday between 1pm – 3pm (starting Monday 25th January) Held by the Community Wardens at Regeneration Office, 31-33 Bank Street, Lochgelly. Come and meet the …

Lomond Homes are currently building homes in Lochgelly under Section 75 agreements with Fife Council, details are listed below: This information was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and publicly available at: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/all_section_75_agreements_for_th#incoming-59942

With the recent economic fiasco, public services are being targeted, which will likely end in a reduction of services and increase in charges. Anyone who has been filling out some of the online surveys for Fife Council will have noticed that all the questions have been related to increasing or introducing charges, whilst reducing services and access to services. For …

UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT – 24/01/10 We feel that this issue is so important to the areas of Lochgelly, Ballingry, Crosshill, Lochore, Cardenden and Bowhill, that we have dedicated a whole section on the site (Have YOUR Say) to this issue. Lochgelly has the opportunity to have a Supermarket and Petrol Station located at the Weathermac site at the bottom of Auchterderran …