Region: Scotland · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Glenrothes
Glenrothes is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom, home to about 39,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Glenrothes, with about 87 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- DND30 km · Dundee Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Glenrothes
Glenrothes is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is the administrative capital of Fife, containing the headquarters of both Fife Council and Police Scotland Fife Division and is a major service and employment centre within the area.
Scotland's housing was in poor condition after the Second World War, so four "New Towns" were built rapidly on greenfield sites: East Kilbride from 1947, Glenrothes from 1948, Cumbernauld from 1955 and Livingston from 1962. A fifth was grafted onto the existing town of Irvine, while Stonehouse in Lanarkshire never got built. Glenrothes like the others was governed by a development corporation, until 1995 when its powers and duties transferred to Fife Council. It was intended to house the miners of the Fife coalfields, but these were already in decline.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Glenrothes
See
- Balbirnie Stone Circle
- Balgonie Castle
- Falkland Palace
- Lomond Hills
- Backhouse Rossie Estate
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Glenrothes
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Glenrothes hotel | 87 | 4.3/5 501 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Where the places to stay in Glenrothes are
22 places to stay in this guide with known coordinates, grouped by straight-line distance from the city centre (the point Wikidata gives for Glenrothes), nearest first. Distance on foot or by road is longer.
4 places
- Balbirnie House Hotel · 2.2 km
- Travelodge Glenrothes · 2.2 km
- The Town House, 1 High Street, Markinch · 2.6 km
- 6 Gateside · 2.9 km
6 places
- Covenanter Hotel, High Street, Falkland · 6.6 km
- Falkland Arms Hotel, High Street, Falkland · 6.6 km
- Stag Inn, High Street, Falkland · 6.6 km
- Oswald House Hotel · 7.1 km
- Belvedere Hotel, West Wemyss · 8.2 km
- Victoria Hotel, Victoria Road, Kirkcaldy · 9.0 km
12 places
- Royal Hotel, 41 High Street, Strathmiglo · 10.8 km
- Hollies Hotel, Low Road, Auchtermuchty · 11.0 km
- Old Manor Hotel · 13.3 km
- Kingarroch Cottage (Former Ye Kingarrach Inn) Main Street, Craigrothie · 14.4 km
- The Railway Inn, 1 Station Wynd, Lower Largo · 14.4 km
- The Upper Largo Hotel & Restaurant · 15.2 km
- Brand's Hotel, High Street, Ceres · 16.4 km
- Ceres Inn, The Cross, Ceres · 16.4 km
- The Peat Inn, Peat Inn · 20.0 km
- Balcarres Arms Hotel, 59 Main Street, Colinsburgh · 20.3 km
- Commercial Hotel, 9-11 Main Street, Kilconquhar · 21.1 km
- The Golf Hotel, Bank Street, Elie · 21.6 km
Where to stay
More hotels in Glenrothes
21 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brand's Hotel, High Street, Ceres | 16.4 km | |
| Covenanter Hotel, High Street, Falkland | 6.6 km | |
| 6 Gateside | 2.9 km | |
| Balbirnie House Hotel | 2.2 km | |
| Balcarres Arms Hotel, 59 Main Street, Colinsburgh | 20.3 km | |
| Belvedere Hotel, West Wemyss | 8.2 km | |
| Ceres Inn, The Cross, Ceres | 16.4 km | |
| Commercial Hotel, 9-11 Main Street, Kilconquhar | 21.1 km | |
| Falkland Arms Hotel, High Street, Falkland | 6.6 km | |
| Hollies Hotel, Low Road, Auchtermuchty | 11.0 km | |
| Kingarroch Cottage (Former Ye Kingarrach Inn) Main Street, Craigrothie | 14.4 km | |
| Old Manor Hotel | 13.3 km | |
| Oswald House Hotel | 7.1 km | |
| Royal Hotel, 41 High Street, Strathmiglo | 10.8 km | |
| Stag Inn, High Street, Falkland | 6.6 km | |
| The Golf Hotel, Bank Street, Elie | 21.6 km | |
| The Peat Inn, Peat Inn | 20.0 km | |
| The Railway Inn, 1 Station Wynd, Lower Largo | 14.4 km | |
| The Town House, 1 High Street, Markinch | 2.6 km | |
| The Upper Largo Hotel & Restaurant | 15.2 km | |
| Victoria Hotel, Victoria Road, Kirkcaldy | 9.0 km |
All 22 hotels in Glenrothes, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Glenrothes
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Glenrothes are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 97 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Glenrothes travel calendar 2027: every day with public and school holidays, sunrise and sunset and the typical high and low (also as JSON).
Public holidays in United Kingdom, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Glenrothes: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dundee Airport (DND), about 30 km from the city centre in a straight line; Edinburgh Airport (EDI, 30 km) and Glasgow Airport (GLA, 86 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Edinburgh (EDI) is the nearest airport, with excellent flight connections. Take the direct bus 747 to Inverkeithing for trains or to Halbeath for buses towards Glenrothes. Fife Airport at the west edge of town is just for private aviation. As with Livingston, the planners of Glenrothes sited it clear of the railways, those dirty inefficient outdated things. The future was road transport: the car and road-building industries enjoyed cosy relations with politics, and eventually Dr Beeching wielded his axe against the rail network.
Getting around
The town sprawls over several miles, but the buses to Kirkcaldy and Leven criss-cross it and serve the two railway stations. Taxi operators include Izan's +44 1592 211111, Barry Cabs +44 1592 211211 and Town Cabs +44 1592 751111.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Glenrothes
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Glenrothes: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Glenrothes?
By published guest score: Travelodge Glenrothes (4.3 / 5 · 501 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Glenrothes?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Glenrothes are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 97 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Glenrothes?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dundee Airport (DND), about 30 km from the city centre in a straight line; Edinburgh Airport (EDI, 30 km) and Glasgow Airport (GLA, 86 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Glenrothes?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Glenrothes
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.