Newburgh (Fife)

4°CClear

• Today: 11° / 4° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:21Sunset 16:31

9h 10m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Cupar, 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)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 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)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: East Port Garage (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds5

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
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £22,498 avg

e.g. Courier - Evri, Delivery Driver, Support Worker

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 55% · Nuclear 45%

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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government271 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks173 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills157 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately127 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces111 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide

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

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  Newburgh, Fife · 0.2 km

  Newburgh is a royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, at the south shore of the Firth of Tay. The town has a population of 2,171, which constitutes a 10% increase since 1901 when the population was counted at 1,904…

• Newburgh railway station · 0.7 km

  Newburgh railway station in the town of Newburgh, Fife was closed in 1955. The station sat on the Perth to Edinburgh Waverley line which is still used today. There is an active campaign run by the local community to r…

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  Lindores Abbey · 0.7 km

  Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a reduced ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about 1-mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Lindores and is…

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  Lindores Abbey distillery · 0.9 km

  Lindores Abbey distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery in Newburgh in the Lowlands whisky region in Scotland and is directly opposite the Abbey. It started distilling whisky in December 2017, using three stills made…

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  Clatchard Craig · 1.0 km

  The fort of Clatchard Craig was located on a hill of the same name by the Tay. A human presence on the site has been identified from the Neolithic period onward and the fort itself was occupied from the sixth century…

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  Mugdrum Island · 1.2 km

  Mugdrum Island lies in the Firth of Tay on the east coast of Scotland, opposite the town of Newburgh in Fife. It is low-lying and reedy, and covers an area of 55.7 acres (22.5 ha). It is the only significant island in…

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