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Cardenden

Cardenden is a town in Fife, Scotland, with a population of around 4,913. It has two pharmacies, around six restaurants and cafés, 22 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Cardenden, 0.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cardenden 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°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

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

Air quality

14US 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

56 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 49 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Cardenden (0.5 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 (8.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (11.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches13
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds9

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 & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £45,760 avg

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

Source: Adzuna

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

Wind 59% · Nuclear 41%

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 · 0.5 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Cardenden?
Cardenden is a town in Fife, Scotland, in the Fife local authority.
What is the population of Cardenden?
Cardenden has an approximate settlement population of 4,913.
How deprived is Cardenden?
The Fife local authority, which includes Cardenden, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.