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Bowhill

Bowhill is a town or village in Fife, Scotland. It has 2 pharmacies and around 6 restaurants and cafés, along with 23 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Cardenden, 0.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bowhill 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
Glenrothes
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

8°CSunny

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:27Sunset 16:26

8h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom

Road safety

276 reported road collisions (2025)

127 killed or seriously injured · 395 casualties · 7.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

63 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 55 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cardenden (0.8 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cardenden (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£182,463 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Fife · to 2026-08

Detached£352,415
Semi-detached£209,317
Terraced£166,535
Flat£112,580

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (7.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Ore Valley Housing Association (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds10

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

Your MP

Richard Baker

Labour

Glenrothes and Mid Fife

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 59% · Wind 37% · Solar 5%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

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 Glenrothes and Mid Fife:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Cardenden railway station · 0.8 km

    Cardenden railway station is a railway station in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 27 miles (43 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley. It opened to traffic in 184…

  • Auchterderran · 1.1 km

    Auchterderran is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is sometimes thought as part of the larger village, Cardenden, although Cardenden is part of the parish of Auchterderran.

  • Dundonald Bluebell F.C. · 1.3 km

    Dundonald Bluebell Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Cardenden, Fife. The team plays in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. Their home ground i…

  • Cardenden · 1.8 km

    Cardenden is a Scottish town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. It is approximately four miles northwest of Kirkcaldy. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Nor…

  • Driftland · 2.5 km

    Driftland is a purpose-built race track for drifting at the Lochgelly Motorsport Complex, Fife, Scotland, inspired by the drift tracks of Japan.

  • Kinglassie · 2.7 km

    Kinglassie is a small village and parish in central Fife, Scotland. It is located two miles southwest of Glenrothes. It has a population of around 1,900 (2020) The civil parish has a population of 22,543. The village…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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