Windygates


Windygates is a small village and surrounding district in central Fife, Scotland.
The district encompasses the following villages, farms and estates; Wellsgreen Farm, Little Lun Farm, Woodbank Farm, The Maw, Cameron Farm, Isabella, Smithyhill, Cameron Bridge, Bridgend, Durie Estate, Duniface Farm, Haughmill, Drumcaldie, The Meetings, Bankhead of Balcurvie Farm, Fernhill, Fernbank, Balcurvie village, Little Balcurvie, Hawthorn Bank, Kennowayburns and Windygates village itself.
Housing demands of the 20th century brought all of these, almost forgotten identities, together into a district now commonly known as Windygates.
Windygates is off the A911, west of its sister village Milton of Balgonie, north of Kirkcaldy on the A915 and south of Kennoway on the A916.
The Windygates Hotel at the village cross was originally a coaching inn, and there were toll gates at the cross until the late 19th century, when the village grew to accommodate the nearby Cameron Bridge distillery.

Famous residents

Historian Gordon Donaldson lived his final years in Windygates and died there.