Crossgates, Fife

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| country = Scotland

| official_name = Crossgates

| os_grid_reference = NT1441688756

| map_type = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|56.084|-3.3754|display=inline,title}}

| population = {{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Crossgates}}

| population_ref = ({{United Kingdom statistics year|ScotSettlement}}){{Scotland settlement population citation}}

| unitary_scotland = Fife

| lieutenancy_scotland = Fife

| constituency_westminster = Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Cowdenbeath

| post_town = COWDENBEATH

| postcode_district = KY4

| postcode_area = KY

}}

Crossgates is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is located close to the junction of the M90 and A92, about two miles east of Dunfermline and a similar distance south west of Cowdenbeath. The village name means 'crossroads': it is situated at the point where the main Dunfermline-Kirkcaldy road crosses the old Great North Road from Inverkeithing to Perth.Taylor, Simon (2006) The Place Names of Fife, Shaun Tyas, Donington, Lincs.{{Cite web|url=https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=435|title=Fife Place-name Data :: Crossgates|website=fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk}}

According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 2,458.{{cite web |url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/area.html|title=Scotland's Census 2011- Aberdour Locality 2010 Profile |publisher=www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk|year=2011 |accessdate=2 March 2015}}

Crossgates has a long history of mining, both deep and opencast. In 2008 ATH Resources opened an opencast mine at Muir Dean to the south of the village, with the intention of removing 2,000,000 tons of coal.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ath.co.uk/html/news/archive/06_11_2007.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130419140940/http://www.ath.co.uk/html/news/archive/06_11_2007.html|url-status=dead|title=ATH wins appeal for Muir Dean site development - 06 November 2007 - ATH Resources PLC|archive-date=19 April 2013|access-date=23 March 2010}} Planning permission for the mine was initially refused by Fife Council but the decision was later overturned by the Scottish Government.{{Cite web | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/ath-given-permission-to-begin-muir-dean-operations-1.868562 |title = ATH given permission to begin Muir Dean operations}} In April 2011, an application for an extension to the Muir Dean mine was lodged by ATH Resources to extend the surface mine to the south, which was granted. ATH Resources went into administration, leaving an ecological disaster with an uncertain future at the time. The majority of reparation works have now been completed, with the former mine infilled, and the landscape returned to farmland.

Crossgates is designated, via a signpost, as "Fife's first energy efficient village", though there is no evidence for this.Image:Crossgates, Fife.jpg]]