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Leven (Fife)

Leven (Fife) is a town or village in Fife, Scotland. It has 4 pharmacies and around 19 restaurants and cafés, with 23 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Leven, 1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Leven (Fife) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Fife area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Fife
County
Fife
Constituency
Glenrothes
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

7°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 4° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:26Sunset 16:24

8h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Cupar, United Kingdom

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

269 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 219 passed
  • 7 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Leven (1.0 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Leven (1.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£182,463 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Fife · to 2026-08

Detached£352,415
Semi-detached£209,317
Terraced£166,535
Flat£112,580

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (10 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (11 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

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

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

373,990 residents in Fife

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Your MP

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal Democrat

North East Fife

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

87 jobs advertised · £41,834 avg

e.g. Plater/Fabricator, 4G Flux Core Welder (FCAW 136), Trainee Driving Instructor - Methil, Fife, Scotland

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 57% · Wind 43%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Fife:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Bawbee Bridge · 0.9 km

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

  • 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…

  • 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)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Leven (Fife)?
Leven (Fife) is a town in Fife, Scotland, in the Fife local authority.
How deprived is Leven (Fife)?
The Fife local authority, which includes Leven (Fife), is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.