Fife Heritage Railway: Leven’s one place to visit
Museums or galleries make up 3 of the 5 places on the list. Mapped inside Leven’s locality is one place to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 4. Set 31 km out, Edinburgh Castle makes a day trip.
The headline places in Leven
After Fife Heritage Railway come 3 museums and a castle.
Heritage railwayFife Heritage Railwayin town
CastleBalgonie Castle4.4 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumMethil Heritage Centre900 m outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumBuckhaven Museum2.6 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumWemyss Cave Museum & Visitor Centre4.5 km outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The layout
The map shows most of the 4 nearby to the southwest.
The dashed line is Leven’s locality; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
The kinds on offer
The biggest group is museums or galleries, with 3 of the 5.
Green: inside Leven. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place to visit
After the one in town come 4 more within 5 km of its edge.
Methil Heritage Centre
Museum in Lower Methil, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Wemyss Cave Museum & Visitor Centre
Visitor centre in Fife, Scotland, UK.
The one inside Leven comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
33 listed buildings are on Leven’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Leven →
Further out, the best known
Leading the 12 is Edinburgh Castle, 31 km away; they include 4 castles and 3 art galleries.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle31 km southwest
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery30 km southwest · 661K visitors a year (2021)
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse29 km south
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandFalkland Palace Gardens14 km northwest
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland30 km south
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandTantallon Castle27 km southeast · 31K visitors a year (2009)
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral30 km south
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery30 km southwest · 313K visitors a year (2015)
MuseumHMY Britannia27 km southwest
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandLoch Leven Castle24 km west
Abbey or prioryHolyrood Abbey29 km south
Art galleryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art31 km southwest · 458K visitors a year (2015)Places well known beyond Leven (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust for Scotland or Historic Environment Scotland property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Places to visit in Leven: questions
What are the main attractions in Leven?
The place to visit inside Leven’s locality is Fife Heritage Railway. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 4 more within 5 km.
Does Leven have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Leven: Methil Heritage Centre, Buckhaven Museum and Wemyss Cave Museum & Visitor Centre.
Is there a National Trust for Scotland or Historic Environment Scotland property near Leven?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Edinburgh Castle (Historic Environment Scotland), 31 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Leven?
Within 40 km: Edinburgh Castle (31 km), National Gallery (30 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (29 km), Falkland Palace Gardens (14 km).
Where are Leven’s historic buildings listed?
Leven has 33 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic Environment Scotland’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Leven when it is inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (14)
- Fife Heritage Railway: QTXAdsy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Balgonie Castle: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Falkland Palace Gardens: Sam Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tantallon Castle: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMY Britannia: Akiramenai, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loch Leven Castle: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holyrood Abbey: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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