Leven
Leven is a town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland, with a population in 2016 of 9040. It was industrial during the 19th and 20th century, merging into the neighbouring towns of Methil and Buckhaven to create the conurbation of Levenmouth; it's struggled to re-invent itself since the coal mines closed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 8,850 residents
- Description: seaside town in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Leven, Fife”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bayview Stadium and Leven railway station.
Bayview Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Yorkshiresky, Public domain.
MGM Timber Bayview Stadium, known formerly as New Bayview, is a football stadium in the Scottish town of Methil, Fife. It is home to East Fife. It was opened in 1998, after the club relocated from the original Bayview Park across town.
Leven railway station
Railway station
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 by ScotRail.
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Photo: C L T Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital is a community hospital located in Buckhaven, Fife, managed by NHS Fife.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Methil and Buckhaven.
Methil
Town
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Methil is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland. Methil has ancient origins: two Bronze Age cemeteries have been discovered which date the settlement as over 8,000 years old.
Buckhaven
Town
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckhaven is a town on the east coast of Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth between East Wemyss and Methil. Buckhaven is on the Fife Coastal Path, and near to Wemyss Caves and Largo Bay. Buckhaven is situated 2 miles southwest of Leven.
Kennoway
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kennoway is a village in Fife, Scotland, near the larger population centres in the area of Leven and Methil. It had an estimated population of 4,570 in 2020. Kennoway is situated 2½ miles northwest of Leven.
Leven
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.1954° or 56° 11′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.9969° or 2° 59′ 49″ westPopulation
8,850Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LEVOpen location code
9C8V52W3+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 46971338OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Leven” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Leven”
- Basque: “Leven”
- Cebuano: “Leven”
- Chinese: “利文”
- Chinese: “里文”
- Dutch: “Leven”
- French: “Leven”
- German: “Leven”
- Irish: “Inbhir Líobhann”
- Irish: “Inbhir Lìobhann”
- Italian: “Leven”
- Persian: “لون، فایف”
- Persian: “لون”
- Polish: “Leven (miasto w Szkocji)”
- Polish: “Leven”
- Scots: “Leevin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Lìobhann”
- Swedish: “Leven”
- Welsh: “Leven, Fife”
- Welsh: “Leven”
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