East Wemyss

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:24Sunset 16:27

9h 3m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US 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)

70 food businesses within 2 miles

• 52 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cameron Bridge (3.6 km)
• 10 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 (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (5.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: College Street Car Park, Buckhaven (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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)

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £21,550 avg

e.g. Trainee Driving Instructor - East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, AVON Representatives wanted in East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland – start today

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 69% · Wind 26% · Solar 4% · Imports 1%

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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  Wemyss Castle railway station · 0.1 km

  Wemyss Castle railway station served the village of East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, from 1881 to 1955 on the Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway.

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  East Wemyss · 0.2 km

  East Wemyss is a village situated on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 1,928.

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  Wemyss, Fife · 0.4 km

  Wemyss is a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth. It is bounded on the north-east by the parish of Scoonie and the south-west by the parish of Kirkcaldy and Dysart and its len…

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  Macduff's Castle · 0.6 km

  MacDuff's Castle is a ruined castle near East Wemyss, in Fife, Scotland. The site is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the Middle Ages, although nothing survives from this…

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  Coaltown of Wemyss · 1.7 km

  Coaltown of Wemyss is a village in south-east Fife, Scotland, around 5 km north of Kirkcaldy. The town was built in the 1890s as an estate village on the lands of nearby Wemyss Castle to house - as the name implies -…

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  Wemyss Castle · 2.0 km

  Wemyss Castle is situated in Wemyss on the sea cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland. Wemyss Castle is considered to be a multi-period building, and today's castle includes many…

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