Cameron Bridge is a village in the conurbation of
Levenmouth
Levenmouth is a conurbation comprising a network of settlements on the north side of the Firth of Forth, in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. It consists of three principal coastal towns; Leven, Fife, Leven, Buckhaven, and Methil, and a number ...
in
Fife
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, Scotland. It is near to the village of
Windygates and west of the town of
Leven. A distillery was established in the 19th century by the
Haig family, which is now part of
Diageo
Diageo plc ( ) is a British Multinational corporation, multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England. It is a major distributor of Scotch whisky and other spirits and operates from 132 sites around the world ...
.
The distillery produces
Scotch whisky.
History and locality
It is a settlement at a bridge over the
River Leven, which replaced a ford there. When Leven was flooded it was the first upstream crossing. In 1870, an earlier bridge was replaced with a new one.
The
River Ore joins the Leven a little upstream of the village.
Transport
There is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
in Cameron Bridge, which opened in June 2024 as part of the
Levenmouth rail link. There was previously a station at Cameron Bridge around west of the current station, which shut in 1969.
The Cameronbridge Grain Distillery
Cameronbridge Grain Distillery is currently the largest of the remaining grain distilleries in Scotland and is owned by
Diageo
Diageo plc ( ) is a British Multinational corporation, multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England. It is a major distributor of Scotch whisky and other spirits and operates from 132 sites around the world ...
.
[Dorsey, Kristy (16 December 2017)]
Diageo marks its 20th anniversary
. Insider.co.uk
References
External links
Village website
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Levenmouth
Villages in Fife