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Glenrothes is one of the Scottish and other Fife Council buildings are situated in Glenrothes' town centre. Fife Constabulary have their headquarters in the Viewfield area of the town. There is an area in Collydean which hosts a ruin of a castle-like house which was called Pitcairn House . Pitcairn house ruins show that the house was a large rectangle shape and part of its ruins is on a street corner. It looks like it must have been two floors high - but extremely small inside. Famous People include the trumpeter John Wallace, the actor Dougray Scott and Henry McLeish , the former first minister who lived there, having been brought up in neighbouring Kennoway . Glenrothes town centre is home to the building involved in the notorious " Officegate " scandal, which led to his resignation in 2001 . Glenrothes' twin town is Böblingen in Germany. Glenrothes High School has operated a school exchange with the Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium in Böblingen for several years. Glenrothes-with-Thornton Railway Station (shortened to 'Glenrothes' on tickets) is located in the village of Thornton , between Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy. Markinch Railway Station is also quite close to Glenrothes, although visitors arriving from afar by train should alight at Kirkcaldy and travel onward by bus. Glenrothes has it's own shopping centre. 'The Kingdom Centre', situated in the centre of the town and set on one level, features a number of high street retailers and also some locally owned stores. Glenrothes is also home to a small airfield ( ICAO code EGPJ) used by Tayside Aviation to train pilots. In 1998 it was voted the best airfield in the United Kingdom by 'Flyer' magazine. There is also a small restaurant on site. CENSUS 2001 ANALYSIS Scotland's Census 2001 showed that Glenrothes has a population of 38,679. The demographic make-up of the population is much in line with the rest of Scotland, with 30-44 year olds forming the largest portion of the population (23%). Despite the aging population in Scotland, Glenrothes has 2% fewer pensioners than the Scottish average. Detailed information about Glenrothes from the Census can be obtained from this Executive website . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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