Cameron Bridge
Cameron Bridge is a village in the conurbation of Levenmouth in Fife, Scotland. It is near to the village of Windygates and 2 miles (3 km) west of the town of Leven. A distillery was established in the 19th century by the Haig family, which is now part of Diageo.[1] The distillery produces Scotch whisky.
History and locality
[edit]It is a settlement at a bridge over the River Leven, which replaced a ford there. When Leven was flooded it was the first upstream crossing. In 1870, an earlier bridge was replaced with a new one.[1] The River Ore joins the Leven a little upstream of the village.
Transport
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There is a railway station in Cameron Bridge, which opened in June 2024 as part of the Levenmouth rail link. There was previously a station at Cameron Bridge around 400 m (440 yd) west of the current station, which shut in 1969.
The Cameronbridge Grain Distillery
[edit]Cameronbridge Grain Distillery is currently the largest of the remaining grain distilleries in Scotland[2] and is owned by Diageo.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cameron Bridge, Fife". Gazetteer for Scotland. 2007. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ Russell, Inge and Stewart, Graham G. (2014). Whisky: Technology, Production and Marketing Archived 10 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Elsevier. p.xx. ISBN 9780124046030
- ^ Dorsey, Kristy (16 December 2017). Diageo marks its 20th anniversary Archived 16 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Insider.co.uk
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