What is Carnegie`s Way?

Carnegie`s Way is the project name given to a campaign driven by Crossford Community Council to have a safe and accessible route built between Crossford and Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline.

The Vision

A shared use path for walkers, cyclists and wheelers connecting Dunfermline to Crossford, Cairneyhill and the rest of West Fife.

Starting in Dunfermline’s renowned Pittencrieff Park, Carnegie’s Way will enable users to safely travel west through the countryside to Crossford, Cairneyhill and beyond. In turn it will enable residents in these growing West Fife Communities to travel to Dunfermline by foot or bicycle or mobility scooter using a safe route.

The key goals of the project are to provide a safe connection, a sustainable amenity for all, with the additional health benefits that getting people out into the countryside can give.

We would seek to promote active travel to work, to school, to shops, to leisure and social forums in Dunfermline, (presently around 300 Crossford & Cairneyhill secondary school children are bussed to and from QAHS).  The possibilities are there, if a safe route can be built. For example, parents and children from Crossford and Cairneyhill would have the option to safely walk or cycle to Pittencrieff Park and make use of its many facilities without the use of fossil fuelled transport.

“Just imagine strolling along a path at least three metres wide, separated from the busy road, admiring the stunning views to the South as you amble or cycle along.  What`s not to like about that, and why would you want to take a car or bus when you could smell the flowers along the way?”

For the 750,000 visitors to the “Glen” each year, we see a series of new visitor attractions adding to the Park’s existing facilities.  Emerging from the Glen along Carnegie’s Way, walkers and cyclists of all ages will be able to travel west from the Park / Dunfermline to explore the villages and historic treasures of the road travelled by James VI of Scotland and many other historic figures.  The villages’ cafes, restaurants, hotels, pubs all have the potential to benefit from an increased footfall.

This project is transformational in its vision to replace an existing physical barrier, which holds back all the possible benefits described above, with a solution that will enable the behavioural change needed to produce the type of social, economic, cultural and health benefits, that will enrich our communities.