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Fife Heritage Railway
Heritage railway · Leven · Fife

Fife Heritage Railway

Visitors to Leven can see Fife Heritage Railway. Nearby, 2 more places to visit are within 5 km. Falkland Palace Gardens, 13 km off, heads what is near.

Photo: Fife Heritage Railway, QTXAdsy (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Leven
inside the locality
How well known
Top 35%
#2,958 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Heritage railway in Leven

Inside Leven

Fife Heritage Railway is inside Leven’s locality, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons and weather

Warm weather in Leven runs June to August, with highs of 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 2°65 mm
Feb8° / 2°51 mm
Mar10° / 3°47 mm
Apr12° / 5°42 mm
May15° / 7°48 mm
Jun17° / 10°57 mm
Jul19° / 12°62 mm
Aug19° / 11°65 mm
Sep17° / 10°52 mm
Oct13° / 7°72 mm
Nov10° / 4°65 mm
Dec7° / 2°60 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Leven, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Leven. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Leven’s full climate →
About

Fife Heritage Railway

2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type
Heritage railway
Wikipedias
Covered in 2 languages
Town
in Leven
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

The area around Fife Heritage Railway

Orange marks Fife Heritage Railway, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Leven’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Which towns are near Fife Heritage Railway

Largest of the 4 is Methil, home to 10,712. Each town here links to its own guide.

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  1. 1Leven
  2. 2Methil
  3. 3Buckhaven
  4. 4Kennoway
1 · It’s in town

Leven

10,088 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 200 m southwest of it

Methil

10,712 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km southwest of it

Buckhaven

4,413 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Kennoway

4,665 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns
TownWhere Fife Heritage Railway isPeoplePlaces to visit
LevenIt’s in town10,0885
Methil200 m southwest of it10,7125
Buckhaven1.7 km southwest of it4,4136
Kennoway1.8 km northwest of it4,6655
Make a day of it

After Fife Heritage Railway

The 24 places within 15 km include 5 castles, 2 museums and a historic house.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Fife Heritage Railway, answered

Where is Fife Heritage Railway?

Fife Heritage Railway is in Leven, Fife, inside the town’s locality.

What is Fife Heritage Railway?

Railway in Fife, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Fife Heritage Railway?

June to August are the warmest months in Leven, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Fife Heritage Railway?

Within 15 km: Falkland Palace Gardens (13 km), Balgonie Castle (5.8 km), Ravenscraig Castle (11 km) and Hill of Tarvit (11 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.