Pittencrieff Park in Fife Voted Best Park in Scotland

That the Parliament commends Pittencrieff Park, known locally as "the Glen", in Dunfermline, Fife, on being awarded the title of Best Park in Scotland from the parks and green spaces charity, Fields in Trust; understands that a record 364 nominations were received for UK’s Best Park 2019, of which 42 were in Scotland, and that those nominations were supported by park users, communities, "friends of parks" groups and landowners, with an unprecedented total of 36,832 votes cast for parks and green spaces across the UK; recognises that Pittencrieff Park was nominated for its diversity, children’s play areas, glasshouses, historical features, peacock sanctuary, imaginative paths, rocky waterfall and well-stocked and neat flower beds and herb gardens; acknowledges that the park was bought in 1902 by the philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, and gifted to the people of Dunfermline, and now welcomes more than 750,000 visitors to the Green Flag status park each year; further acknowledges that the park is also home to Pittencrieff House Museum and the art deco Glen Pavilion; encourages people to visit the park and enjoy the many aspects of it for themselves, including sensational views of Dunfermline Abbey, and further wishes the park every success with the events that it has planned throughout the rest of 2019.