Scotland · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Dunfermline
Dunfermline is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom, home to about 53,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Dunfermline, with about 97 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
- EDI15 km · Edinburgh Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Dunfermline
Dunfermline is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, 3 miles (5 km) from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries.
"Dun" means a fortified hill or outcrop, and "ferm lynn" is thought to mean a crooked stream, no-one's sure. Prehistoric folk settled in spots that could be fortified against their dear neighbours and in-laws, and needed a water supply, so they were here from 3000 BC. But the town only emerges into history circa 1070 AD, when King Malcolm III married Margaret of Wessex (later canonised as St Margaret) and together they made it a royal residence and ecclesiastic centre, effectively capital of Scotland.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Dunfermline
See
- Dunfermline Abbey
- St Margaret's Cave
- Fire Station Creative
- Carnegie Library & Galleries
- Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
- Scottish Vintage Bus Museum
Do
- Carnegie Hall
- Pittencrieff Park
- Adventure Golf Island
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Dunfermline
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 Dunfermline hotel | 97 | 4.4/5 879 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Dunfermline
17 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seabank House Hotel, Shore Road, Aberdour | 10.4 km | |
| Ship Inn, 16 Halketshall, Limekilns | 4.4 km | |
| Woodside Hotel, 80-82 High Street, Aberdour | 10.0 km | |
| Bay and Bridge | 6.9 km | |
| Best Western Plus Dunfermline Crossford Keavil House Hotel | 2.5 km | |
| Boreland Lodge Hotel | 6.1 km | |
| Dakota Edinburgh | 10.6 km | |
| DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh - Queensferry Crossing | 2017 | 7.4 km |
| Forth Bridge Hotel, 36 High Street, South Queensferry | 10.0 km | |
| Garvock House Hotel | 1.1 km | |
| Garvock House Hotel, St John's Drive, Dunfermline | 1.1 km | |
| Parkhead House | 9.2 km | |
| Queensferry Arms Hotel, 17 High Street, South Queensferry | 9.9 km | |
| Society House, Hopetoun House | 8.4 km | |
| Stags Head Hotel, 8 High Street, South Queensferry | 9.9 km | |
| The Old Inn, Charlestown | 4.7 km | |
| The Two Bridges Hotel, 2 - 3 Newhalls Road (Edinburgh Road), South Queensferry | 10.2 km |
All 18 hotels in Dunfermline, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Dunfermline
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Dunfermline 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).
Getting there
Getting to Dunfermline: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Dundee Airport (DND, 50 km) and Glasgow Airport (GLA, 64 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) has good flight connections across Europe and UK and within Scotland. Stagecoach Jet Bus 747 runs from airport stop G across the old Forth Road Bridge to Inverkeithing (for trains) and Halbeath P&R (for local buses), taking 30 min. It runs daily 24 hours, every 20 min daytime. Trains from Edinburgh Waverley run every 30 min via Haymarket (for airport), Dalmeny (for South Queensferry), North Queensferry, Inverkeithing and Rosyth, taking 35-40 min to the two Dunfermline stations and continuing to Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenen and Glenrothes-with-Thornton.
Getting around
Buses between town and Halbeath P&R are Bus 19, which runs south to Rosyth and north to Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly and Ballingry; Bus 33 running east to Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenen and Kirkcaldy; and Bus 83 southeast to Dalgety Bay. Bus 89 runs hourly M-Sa from Crossford and Dunfermline to Queen Margaret Hospital, Inverkeithing and North Queensferry, 40 min. Bus 87 runs from Dunfermline to Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing and North Queensferry. They run M-Sa every hour or two.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
EDI · Edinburgh Airport
DND · Dundee Airport
GLA · Glasgow Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Dunfermline
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Dunfermline: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Dunfermline?
By published guest score: Travelodge Dunfermline (4.4 / 5 · 879 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Dunfermline?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Dunfermline 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 Dunfermline?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Dundee Airport (DND, 50 km) and Glasgow Airport (GLA, 64 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Dunfermline?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Dunfermline
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; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.