Torryburn and Newmills

11°CSunny

• Today: 11° / 5° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:21Sunset 16:34

9h 12m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Linlithgow High Street 2, 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)

69 food businesses within 2 miles

• 62 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bo'ness (4.8 km)
• 15 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)

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (9.5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Fleming Crescent (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds6

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

Graeme Downie

Labour

Dunfermline and Dollar

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 38% · Solar 6% · Imports 1%

3 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 Dunfermline and Dollar:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases501 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government309 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth171 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills138 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately127 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• Torryburn railway station · 0.6 km

  Torryburn railway station served the village of Torryburn, Fife, Scotland from 1906 to 1930 on the Kincardine Line.

• Preston Island · 1.3 km

  Preston Island is a former artificial island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The reclaimed land was once used for salt production, using local coal. It is part of Fife.

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  Valleyfield, Fife · 1.5 km

  Valleyfield consists of High Valleyfield and Low Valleyfield which are neighbouring villages in Fife, Scotland, midway between Dunfermline and Kincardine-on-Forth. Low Valleyfield is on the shore of the Firth of Forth…

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  Townhill, Fife · 1.5 km

  Townhill is a small village that lies just north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the community is thought to be from the coal-mining industry. There is a Church of Scotland parish church, which shares a…

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  Oakley, Fife · 1.8 km

  Oakley is a village in Fife, Scotland located at the mutual border of Carnock and Culross parishes, Fife, 5+1⁄2 miles west of Dunfermline on the A907.

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  Torryburn · 2.2 km

  Torryburn is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland, lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. It is one of a number of old port communities on this coast and at one point served as port for Dunfermline. It lies…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)