Inverkeithing

11°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · 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

54US AQI · Moderate

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)

217 food businesses within 2 miles

• 189 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Inverkeithing (0.2 km)
• 39 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: 162.9p · Morrisons (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (11.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Inverkeithing Railway Station Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds15

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 & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

42 jobs advertised · £23,175 avg

e.g. Principal Naval Architect, Warehouse Picker Packer, Experienced Hygiene Operative - Back Shift

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

96% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 65% · Wind 30% · Imports 4% · Biomass 1%

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 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

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  Boreland Road Bridge · 0.1 km

  Boreland Road Bridge was built in 1829 and spans the Keithing Burn and railway line in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland.

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  Moffat Cottage · 0.2 km

  Moffat Cottage is an early 19th century home in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. The cottage is important to the Scottish missionary movement as the former home of Robert Moffat, and is associated with David Livingsto…

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  St John's Church, Inverkeithing · 0.2 km

  St John's Church is a former church building in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. Originally built in 1752 as a Burgher chapel, it is a Category B listed building, noted by Historic Scotland as playing "a significant p…

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  Inverkeithing Baptist Church · 0.2 km

  Inverkeithing Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the town of Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland.

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  Inverkeithing railway station · 0.2 km

  Inverkeithing railway station serves the town of Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 10 miles (16 km) north west of Edinburgh Waverley. The station is po…

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  Inverkeithing War Memorial · 0.2 km

  Inverkeithing War Memorial is a war memorial in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland, commemorating the 166 men of the town lost in the First and Second World Wars. The memorial is set in a memorial garden, was originally…

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