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Bowershall

Bowershall is a village in Fife, Scotland. It has 11 bus stops and Eddie's Rest railway station 0.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bowershall area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Fife area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Fife
County
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and West Fife
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

11°COvercast

  • Today: 17° / 9° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:39

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Dunfermline, United Kingdom

Road safety

268 reported road collisions (2024)

103 killed or seriously injured · 363 casualties · 7.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

93 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 83 passed
  • 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Eddie's Rest (1.1 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Dunfermline Queen Margaret (3.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£176,924 average 6.8% YoY

Across Fife · to 2026-06

Detached£344,689
Semi-detached£203,131
Terraced£160,573
Flat£108,859

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (3.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (3.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

26 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

373,990 residents in Fife

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in Scotland

8% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 20% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Labour (minority)

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£763 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,257 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dunfermline and Dollar:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Bowershall · 0.6 km

    Bowershall is a village in Fife, Scotland, UK, situated near Craigluscar Hill, two miles north of Dunfermline, one mile north of Townhill, and to the west of Loch Fitty, south of the B915.

  • Scottish Vintage Bus Museum · 1.1 km

    The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum is a transport museum in Lathalmond, 2.5 miles north of Dunfermline, Fife. The museum is open every Sunday between April and the start of October.

  • Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline · 2.5 km

    Queen Anne High School is a large secondary school in the city of Dunfermline in Fife. It is named for Anne of Denmark, the queen of James VI, whose former home was the school's original location.

  • Queen Margaret Hospital · 2.8 km

    Queen Margaret Hospital is a hospital located in the city of Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Fife.

  • Kingseat · 2.8 km

    Kingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Dunfermline. It was originally a coal mining village with the first pits sunk in the area in the mid 1800s. According to local bel…

  • Radio West Fife · 2.8 km

    Radio West Fife is the Community radio station serving Dunfermline and West Fife. It launched on DAB+ on 31st August 2026 after 14 years as an online station. Radio West Fife broadcasts to a population of almost 22500…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bowershall?
Bowershall is a town in Fife, Scotland, in the Fife local authority.
How deprived is Bowershall?
The Fife local authority, which includes Bowershall, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.