Hillend, Fife

Hillend is a small village in Fife, Scotland, to the east of Inverkeithing and to the west of Dalgety Bay.

[1] The village was named by 1775 as Hillend, as the town occupies a position at the north end of Letham Hill,[2] the natural border between the towns of Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay.

Hillend was described in 1882 by, Frances Groome in Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland as: "a village in Inverkeithing and Dalgety parishes, Fife, 1¼ mile NE of Inverkeithing town.

[3] Historically, Hillend village has been under the same parish and administrative boundary as neighbouring Inverkeithing.

Hillend is the location of Heil's manufacturing facilities in the UK.

House on Main Street, Hillend.
Hillend Underpass, a feature of the village, linking the village to its south road into Inverkeithing.