Kinross

[edit] The site of the original Pre-Reformation parish church and churchyard is down a small wynd overlooking Loch Leven, a little away from the town. The church was dedicated to St. Serf and was under control of Dunfermline Abbey. Noteworthy ministers included John Colden from 1593 to 1640 and his son George Colden who served until 1665. The notorious Henry Christie was minister of Kinross 1679–89. Rev Robert McGill served from 1698 until 1726, and recorded supernatural events in the manse in 1718. Rev Robert Stark was initially unpopular but served from 1732 to 1783. A map of Kinross from 1945 Kinross was originally linked by railway to Perthshire, Fife and Clackmannanshire until the rail links gradually disappeared. At one time three independent railway companies had their termini at the town. The Fife and Kinross Railway came from the east, the Kinross-shire Railway came from the south and the Devon Valley Railway came from the west. Kinross Junction railway station stood on the main line between Perth and Edinburgh, but this was closed in 1970 to make way for construction of the M90 motorway. Since then, many people working within a commuting radius of Kinross have settled in the town owing to its central location and local amenities. Locals and Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have also asked the Scottish Government to publish a Feasibility Study into re-establishing the Perth–Edinburgh Direct Rail Link. As of 2021[update], no such document has been published. Kinross is served by local and long-distance bus services including Megabus services M90, M91 and M92 which call at the Sainsbury's Park & Ride site off Junction 6 of the M90 motorway.

[edit] Parishes of Kinross-shire. Kinross is no. 3The burgh (red on the map) is located on the shores of Loch Leven (blue on the map). There are boat trips around the loch and to Lochleven Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots was held prisoner in 1567. Up to 2014 the annual T in the Park music festival, which was officially replaced by TRNSMT festival in Glasgow Green, was held nearby, at the former RAF Balado Bridge airfield. This was also the location of a now decommissioned NATO ICBM early warning radar, and until the late 1950s was a training base for the Royal Air Force.

[edit] Kinross has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb). Climate data for Kinross (120 m or 394 ft asl, averages 1991–2020, extremes 1967-2023) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 14.7(58.5) 15.2(59.4) 21.3(70.3) 22.7(72.9) 26.9(80.4) 30.1(86.2) 31.7(89.1) 29.1(84.4) 26.7(80.1) 23.5(74.3) 17.1(62.8) 14.9(58.8) 31.7(89.1) Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.1(43.0) 6.9(44.4) 8.9(48.0) 11.7(53.1) 14.9(58.8) 17.5(63.5) 19.3(66.7) 18.9(66.0) 16.4(61.5) 12.4(54.3) 8.7(47.7) 6.2(43.2) 12.4(54.3) Daily mean °C (°F) 3.1(37.6) 3.5(38.3) 5.0(41.0) 7.2(45.0) 10.0(50.0) 12.8(55.0) 14.6(58.3) 14.2(57.6) 11.9(53.4) 8.5(47.3) 5.3(41.5) 3.1(37.6) 8.3(46.9) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.0(32.0) 0.1(32.2) 1.1(34.0) 2.7(36.9) 5.2(41.4) 8.2(46.8) 9.9(49.8) 9.5(49.1) 7.4(45.3) 4.6(40.3) 1.9(35.4) −0.1(31.8) 4.2(39.6) Record low °C (°F) −18.4(−1.1) −19.3(−2.7) −14.5(5.9) −7.1(19.2) −3.2(26.2) −0.6(30.9) 2.5(36.5) 2.1(35.8) −1.4(29.5) −5.7(21.7) −11.7(10.9) −18.0(−0.4) −19.3(−2.7) Average precipitation mm (inches) 122.9(4.84) 95.7(3.77) 81.4(3.20) 60.7(2.39) 61.4(2.42) 73.2(2.88) 83.1(3.27) 92.3(3.63) 80.1(3.15) 110.4(4.35) 109.6(4.31) 111.3(4.38) 1,082(42.60) Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 16.8 14.0 13.8 10.9 11.3 12.5 13.0 13.5 12.6 15.8 15.9 15.7 165.7 Mean monthly sunshine hours 31.9 66.9 110.1 156.4 188.9 151.2 161.9 157.8 121.8 80.7 46.0 22.0 1,295.4 Source 1: Met Office Source 2: Starlings Roost Weather

[edit] The Loch Leven Trails offer 21 km (13 miles) of walking and cycling heritage trails around the shoreline of Loch Leven. It runs from RSPB Vane Farm Nature Reserve via Findatie to Kinross Pier/Kirkgate Park. There is a leisure centre located in Kinross, called Loch Leven Leisure. Kinross Trout Fishery, situated just on the edge of the village, is one of Scotland's premier trout fisheries, giving fly and bait anglers the opportunity to catch some of Scotland's largest trout. Kinross Colts FC is a community football club[clarification needed] and registered charity with over 400 boys, girls, men and women playing in 16 teams within the club. They have two grounds locally, The Myre at Smith Street in Kinross and Donaldson Park in Milnathort. Kinross is also home to Kinross Rugby Club, who play their games at King George V ground alongside Kinross Hockey Club. Locally the ground is known as KGV.

[edit] Andrew Barlass (1822–1895), American politician and farmer, born in Kinross. Steven Caulker (born 1991), lived with his aunt and uncle in Kinross when playing for Dundee F.C. Rev Henry Christie minister Eilidh Doyle Scotland's most decorated track and field athlete Adam Kelso Fulton, Scottish rugby union internationalist Peter Leitch, recipient of the Victoria Cross Andrew Montford writer George Thompson (1920–1945), awarded posthumous Victoria Cross in 1945 often cited as the best merited of the entire air war. He was the wireless operator in a Lancaster of No. 9 Squadron on a dawn raid against the Dortmund-Ems Canal when the plane was struck by a salvo of two 88 mm shells. William Whyte (banker) (1878–1945)

[edit] Kinross is twinned with: Gacé, France Traunstein, Germany

[edit] Kinross High School (Now located in Loch Leven Community Campus as of 2010) Kinross Primary School