Page "Cowdenbeath" Paragraph 11

Cowdenbeath lies in south-western Fife, near to the larger town of Dunfermline.

Its precise coordinates are 56. 11 ° N 3. 35 ° W.

The town lies in a low, undulating, arable landscape to the south east of the Ochil Hills.

Whilst for the main part Cowdenbeath is fairly level, there are significant portions of the town which have succumbed to subsidence as a result of the network of mineshafts and tunnels underlying the town.

Notably, there are photographs of Cowdenbeath High Street published in Stenlake Publications which depict Cowdenbeath High Street circa 1900, and which shows a flat High Street in which it is possible to view its entire length from north to south under the overarching railway bridge.

This is impossible today, as the subsidence on the High Street has been so great that the railway bridge now obscures the view from one end to the other.