A quick guide to a wee county .....
Blairingone
On the far western boundary of Kinross, it has no shops or hostelries. The busy A977 Kincardine - Kinross trunk road cuts through the village.
Carnbo
Lies on the A91 St. Andrews - Stirling Road, there are no shops or hostelries.
Cleish
Is situated to the west of the M90, off the B9097 Kinglassie - Crook of Devon Road. Nearby is the Nivingston Country House Hotel, which looks like it may have been closed following a change of ownership.
Crook of Devon
The A977 Kincardine - Kinross trunk road cuts through the village, there is a shop and Inn. Nearby is Drum and Rumbling Bridge.
Drum
This small, growing village lies close to the Crook of Devon, there are no shops or hostelries.
Keltybridge
This village lies on the southern border of the county, much overshadowed by Kelty, its larger neighbour across the burn. There are no shops or hostelries in Kelty bridge and plenty of both in Kelty.
Kinross
If I was to sum up what it means to live in Kinross, and Kinross-shire, I could do no better than to quote The Courier & Advertiser, July 20, 2002 edition.
"Kinross has been Kinross for 500 years and only part of Perth for 25 and, in truth, its able community council has been a town council in waiting for many years.
"The county is still a bureaucrat's nightmare: it is governed from Perth, receives water from the Glenrothes-based East of Scotland water Board, police and fire services from headquarters in Dundee, shares its MP with Clackmannanshire, has a Kirkcaldy postcode and it is included in both the Tayside and Fife (phone) directories."
Also a Tourist board that does not even mention Kinross in its name... The Perthshire Tourist Board.
Kinross is the main town in the county, the town has eight hotels and public houses; (north to south) The Muirs Inn, Windlestrae Hotel, Green Hotel, Kirklands Hotel, Loch Leven Inn a.k.a. “Mary Downies”, Salutation Hotel, Lochleven Inn and Millers Bar.
Restaurants and Cafes: Mr. Chan's Chinese Restaurant, Sun Rise Chinese Takeaway, Baynes the Bakers Cafe' 98, Raj Mahal Indian Restaurant, Central Café (& chip shop) and Carlin Maggies Restaurant.
A mobile snack bar can be found most week days at Bridgend Industrial Estate.
Nearby is Moto Motorway Service Station has a Travelodge, a fast food outlet, a café and a shop. Beside the Tourist Information Centre is Dobbies garden Centre, which has a cafe and across the A977 is the Grouse and Claret Restaurant.
Kinnesswood
The village has a shop, the Lomond Country Inn and petrol station. It is also the birthplace of Michel Bruce, a local poet.
Near Kinnesswood is Balgedie Toll and the Balgedie Toll Tavern.
Maryburgh
A hamlet near to Keltybridge, there are no shops or hostelries.
Milnathort
The town will be forever overshadowed by it slightly larger neighbour, Kinross. The town does have the best ice cream and chip shops in the county at Joe Giacopazzi’s supermarket and Murphy's Chip shop and two hotels; the Thistle Hotel and the Jolly Beggars, there also the Common Grounds cafe.
Powmill
This village lies on the A977 and has a shop, the Gartwhinzean Hotel and popular with cyclists the Powmill Milk Bar.
Rumbling Bridge
This small village lies to the south west of Crook of Devon on the A823 and nothing much else.
Scotlandwell
Has the Well Country Inn and no shops.
Also ...
On the Loch Leven circular is Vane Farm RSPB Nature Centre has a café.
Findate Lay-by, a mobile snack van can be found in the car park.
In Fife
Off the Dryside Road in Gateside is the Gateside Inn. The hotel has a good selection of bar meals at reasonable prices. While your in the village have a look at the Gateside Minimart, Mini cars are a speciality here!
Strathmiglo is Kinnears Bakery a gem of a place with great home baking. Well recommended by me!
Between Strathmiglo and Falkland, not too far off the A921 is the Pillars of Hercules Organic Shop and Farm
In Perthshire
On the Dryside Circular is Glenfarg, which has a shop and two hotels; The Glenfarg and the Lomond Hotel. }