Kinross's origins are connected with the nearby Loch Leven and its islands whose history goes back to the 5th century AD.

In time, local industry developed and by the early 18th century the town had grown to a population of around 600 people.

[4] The site of the original Pre-Reformation parish church and churchyard is down a small wynd overlooking Loch Leven, a little away from the town.

Kinross Junction railway station stood on the main line between Perth and Edinburgh, but this was closed in 1970 to make way for construction of the M90 motorway.

[6] Since then, many people working within a commuting radius of Kinross have settled in the town owing to its central location and local amenities.

There are boat trips around the loch and to Lochleven Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots was held prisoner in 1567.

This was also the location of a now decommissioned NATO ICBM early warning radar, and until the late 1950s was a training base for the Royal Air Force.