About Dunfermline Bowling Club
Dunfermline Bowling Club was established in 1852.
Coaching is available to new members on a Saturday morning.
Our season runs from April to October.
Dunfermline Bowling Club Description
History:
A group of twelve men met on 16th April 1852 in the George Inn (junction of High St & Randolph St. ) to institute Dunfermline Bowling Club. They obtained the necessary funds & leased a piece of garden ground at the top of Woodhead St. (North Chalmers St. )
The green was enlarged in 1858 but this was not sufficient to cope with the increased membership so they investigated in the possibility to move to a new site. Several sites were inspected & it was decided that Scotland Park (the area south of Abbey Park Place) would be best. The Abbey Park Bowling Club, formed in 1855 & sometimes known as the "South Club", already had a green on the lawn of Abbey Park House (headquarters of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust). This site was owned back then by the Bank Of Scotland & they granted a lease for the lower half of the garden to be made into a bowling green if the two clubs amalgamated. This happened on 24th August 1859.
In 1862 the clubhouse was built by a firm from Carnoustie. This is a listed building which can still be seen today.