Cardenden

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:29Sunset 16:24

8h 55m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom

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)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cardenden (0.5 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£182,463 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Fife · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (11.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ore Valley Housing Association (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

373,990 residents in Fife

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

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

Richard Baker

Labour

Glenrothes and Mid Fife

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £45,760 avg

e.g. Tesco Shift Leader - Days - Glenrothes Sth Pak Rd, Labourer

Source: Adzuna

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 41%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Glenrothes and Mid Fife:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government215 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases211 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth205 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK103 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately85 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Cardenden railway station · 0.5 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…

• Driftland · 2.2 km

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

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  Kinglassie · 3.1 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…

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  Loch Gelly · 3.3 km

  Loch Gelly is a small loch in Fife, Scotland lying approximately 1.5 km to the south east of the town of Lochgelly which itself is named after the loch. The Gaelic name of the loch, Loch Gheallaidh, can be loosely tra…

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  Raith, Fife · 3.7 km

  Raith, as an area of Fife, once stretched from the lands of Little Raith, south of Loch Gelly, as far as Kirkcaldy and the Battle of Raith was once theorised to have been fought here in 596 AD. Raith Hill, west of Auc…

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  Hallyards Castle · 3.8 km

  Hallyards Castle or Halyards, located to the north-west of the village of Auchtertool, is reputed to have been a hunting seat of Malcolm Canmore.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)