Dalgety Bay, a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. According to the 2006 estimate, the town is home to 9,844, making this the eighth-largest place in Fife. The bay was named after the original village of Dalgety, but the ruins of the 12th century St. Bridget's Kirk are all that now mark the site. The new town, which was built in 1962, takes its name from the main bay it adjoins, but the town stretches over many bays and coves including Donibristle Bay and St David's Bay.
Today, Dalgety Bay functions largely as a dormitory suburb of Edinburgh and to the rest of Fife. The architecture of the town reflects construction by volume housebuilders, however the town is a former winner of best kept small town. It's rise in population mirroring its rise in popularity as a costal commuter town.