Freuchie

14°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 16° / 10° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:38

13h 0m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

45US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Kirkcaldy, 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)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ladybank (3.7 km)
• 3 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: 164.7p · Asda (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (5.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Back Wynd Car Park, Falkland (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

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

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal Democrat

North East Fife

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £39,392 avg

e.g. Production Operative, Engineering Team Manager

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

98% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 66% · Wind 31% · Imports 2% · Biomass 0%

1 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 North East Fife:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership333 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s304 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office193 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills156 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces111 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide

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

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  Freuchie · 0.2 km

  Freuchie is a village in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills, and near Falkland. The nearest major town is Glenrothes located 4 miles to the south.

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  Falkland Road railway station · 0.9 km

  Falkland Road railway station served the village of Freuchie, Fife, Scotland from 1847 to 1958 on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway. It lay almost 1 kilometre to the south of the village at the north end of the Marki…

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  Kingskettle railway station · 2.8 km

  Kingskettle railway station served the village of Kingskettle, Fife, Scotland, from 1847 to 1967 on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.

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  Falkland, Fife · 2.8 km

  Falkland is a village, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills. According to the 2022 census it has a population of 1,041.

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  Fife · 2.8 km

  Fife is a council area and lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the south, Clackmannanshire to the south-west, an…

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  Kingskettle · 3.0 km

  Kingskettle or often simply Kettle is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland. Encompassed by the Howe of Fife, the village is approximately 5.5 miles (9 km) southwest of the nearest town, Cupar, and 22 miles (35 km) n…

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