Crossgates (Fife)

9°CMist

• Today: 17° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

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

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Rosyth, United Kingdom

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)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 128 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dunfermline Queen Margaret (3.1 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£176,924 average▲ 6.8% YoY

Across Fife · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (2.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (2.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Halbeath Park & Ride (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds10

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

Melanie Ward

Labour

Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised

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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

Nuclear 53% · Wind 47%

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 Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s380 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership295 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases289 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office235 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test167 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Crossgates, Fife · 0.2 km

  Crossgates is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is located close to the junction of the M90 and A92, about two miles east of Dunfermline and a similar distance south west of Cowdenbeath. The village name means 'crossroa…

• Humbug Park · 0.3 km

  Humbug Park also previously known as Crossgates Greyhound Stadium is a football ground and former greyhound racing track, on Inverkeithing Road in Crossgates, Fife, Scotland.

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  Crossgates railway station (Fife) · 0.9 km

  Crossgates Fife railway station co-served the village of Crossgates, Fife, Scotland, from 1848 to 1949 on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.

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  Hill of Beath Hawthorn F.C. · 1.4 km

  Hill of Beath Hawthorn Football Club are a Scottish football club from Hill of Beath, near Cowdenbeath, Fife. Formed in 1975, they play their home games at Keir's Park. Their colours are red with white flashes.

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  Hill of Beath · 1.4 km

  Hill of Beath is a village in Fife, Scotland, just outside Dunfermline and joined to Cowdenbeath. The village is named for the nearby hill of the same name.

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  Halbeath railway station · 2.0 km

  Halbeath railway station served the village of Halbeath, Fife, Scotland, from 1850 to 1930 on the Dunfermline Branch.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)