Knocking down St Columba's and Woodmill high schools

Work to knockdown the empty St Columba's and Woodmill buildings on either side of Woodmill Road has begun.

Replacement schools at the Dunfermline Learning Campus opened in August and Fife Council wanted to move quickly to prevent the vacant sites becoming a "magnet" for anti-social behaviour, vandalism and fire-raising.

The bulldozers have started knocking down the old St Columba's High School (Image: David Wardle) READ MORE: Fresh hope for city centre community cinema

Once the sites are clear the land will be sold for housing, dashing the hopes of those who supported the idea of building a sports hub there.

The bulldozers moved onto the Woodmill site first and it is due to be cleared by February 7 next year.

Demolition and clearance works at St Columba's should be completed by the end of that month.

BAM Construction, who built the new £122m high schools at Dunfermline Learning Campus, are also in charge of knocking the old schools down.

The Woodmill site should be cleared by early February next year. (Image: David Wardle) The modular buildings at Woodmill, which were needed after a major fire ripped through the school in August 2019, will be re-used at other Fife schools.

The campus will be shared with Fife College whose new building, which has shot up in price to £155m, is due to open next summer.