Where is Ballingry and Lochore?

Ballingry and Lochore is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, in the Perth and Kinross local authority.

How deprived is Ballingry and Lochore?

The Perth and Kinross local authority, which includes Ballingry and Lochore, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.

Ballingry and Lochore

Ballingry and Lochore is a town or village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés. There are 18 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Lochgelly, 3.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ballingry and Lochore area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Perth and Kinross area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council: Perth and Kinross
County: Perth and Kinross
Constituency: Ochil and South Perthshire
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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 19° / 10° · 75% rain
Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:41

13h 5m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Dunfermline, United Kingdom

Road safety

141 reported road collisions (2024)

78 killed or seriously injured · 213 casualties · 9.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

54 food businesses within 2 miles

51 passed
0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

Nearest station: Lochgelly (3.8 km)
18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lochgelly (3.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£228,159 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Perth and Kinross · to 2026-06

Detached£390,249

Semi-detached£240,041

Terraced£189,589

Flat£124,321

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (9.7 km)
Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 50 kW
Nearest: RSPB-Loch Leven (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

Sports centres2
Sports pitches4
Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,930 residents in Perth and Kinross

Under 16: 15%
16–64: 59%
65+: 26%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

SNP (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

Schools2
GPs & clinics2
Pharmacies2
Parks & greens6
Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£759 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,182 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.6
Feeling worthwhile7.9
Happiness yesterday7.3
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Glenrothes and Mid Fife:

Do not ban social media for under 16s343 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership286 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office219 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth205 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases202 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

Fife power station · 0.8 km
Fife power station was a 120 megawatt gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine generating station at Cardenden in Fife, Scotland.
Benarty · 1.0 km
Benarty is the name informally used to refer to the ex-mining towns of Ballingry and Lochore and the villages of Crosshill, Lochcraig and Glencraig. The area is situated north of Lochgelly, Fife. The name comes from B…
Lochore · 1.5 km
Lochore is a former mining village in Fife, Scotland. It takes its name from the nearby Loch Ore. It is largely joined to the adjacent villages of Ballingry to the north and Crosshill to the south.
Crosshill, Fife · 2.0 km
Crosshill is a village in Fife, Scotland, situated just south of Lochore and east of Loch Ore.
Ballingry · 2.3 km
Ballingry ; Scots: Ballingry, Bingry, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Iongrach) is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is near the boundary with Perth and Kinross, north of Lochgelly. It has an estimated population of 5,940 in 2020.…
Lochore Castle · 2.4 km
Lochore Castle is a ruined 14th-century tower house, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, and south of Lochore, east of Loch Ore, in Lochore Country Park.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ballingry and Lochore?: Ballingry and Lochore is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, in the Perth and Kinross local authority.
How deprived is Ballingry and Lochore?: The Perth and Kinross local authority, which includes Ballingry and Lochore, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.