Cowdenbeath is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is located 5 miles north-east of Dunfermline and 18 miles north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town formed around the enormous coalfields of the region and became a Police Burgh in 1890. According to population figures from 2008, Cowdenbeath has a fixed population of around 14081. Within this population, 48.5 per cent are male and 51.5 percent are female, which is consistent with the proportional split by gender in both the Fife and Scottish populations. Before 1850, Cowdenbeath was merely a group of farms divided into 4 districts named after nearby farms. Regional residents of these centerpieces of expansion, which were combining into a single town, congregated to select a name for the emerging town. The ultimate choice was narrowed down to either White Threshes or Cowdenbeath. The arrival of the Oakley Iron Company around 1850 was to have an enduring impact upon Cowdenbeath, making the name synonymous with coal-mining for nearly 100 years. Shafts were sunk in the area of the old Foulford Washer. It was in the mining for ore that the discoveries of the coal seams were made, and pits were sunk at every corner of the town. Characterising the northern boundary of Cowdenbeath is a rural landscape, which merges into the Lochore Meadows Country Park, 'The Meadies'. This previously industrial and mining landscape, which was the home of various pit-heads such as the Mary Pit, whose winding equipment structure dominates the park as a memorial to its notable mining history, is at present a really beautiful area which provides leisure and recreational outdoor facilities. For all your house upgrades, take care to choose credible experts in Cowdenbeath to ensure quality.