Leven (Fife)

11°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 10° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:37

13h 0m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Cupar, 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)

266 food businesses within 2 miles

• 220 passed
• 7 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Leven (1.0 km)
• 23 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 (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (10 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Leven Railway Station (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds24

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

110 jobs advertised · £35,355 avg

e.g. Brow and Lash Expert, Online Guitar Tutoring Job in Elie – Flexible Schedule, Become a Drums Tutor in Leven (Fife) – Flexible & Remote

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

Wind 57% · Nuclear 43%

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 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

• 
  East Fife G.W.F.C. · 0.2 km

  East Fife Girls and Women's Football Club are a Scottish women's football team based in the Fife coastal town of Leven. The team, established in 2000, were originally named Kirkland Ladies and changed to East Fife Lad…

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  Levenmouth · 0.6 km

  Levenmouth is a conurbation comprising a network of settlements on the north side of the Firth of Forth, in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. It consists of three principal coastal towns; Leven, Buckhaven, and Methi…

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  Fife Heritage Railway · 0.7 km

  Fife Heritage Railway is a heritage railway run by The Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society, formed in 1992, which aims to showcase the heritage of the railways of Fife and restore locomotives and rolling stoc…

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  Bawbee Bridge · 0.9 km

  Bawbee Bridge is a bridge connecting Leven and Methil in Levenmouth, Fife, Scotland.

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  Leven distillery · 1.0 km

  Leven distillery is an experimental Scotch single malt whisky distillery and bottling facility in Leven, Scotland. It is owned by the drinks giant Diageo. The bottling and packaging facility claims to be the biggest p…

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  Leven railway station · 1.0 km

  Leven railway station is the eastern terminus of the Levenmouth rail link, which connects the town of Leven, Fife with the Fife Circle Line at Thornton Junction, north of Kirkcaldy. The station is managed and served b…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)