Leven

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Leven is a seaside town in Fife, set in the east Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the coast of the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven, 8.1 miles (13.0 km) north-east of the town of Kirkcaldy and 6.4 miles (10.3 km) east of Glenrothes.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Alexander Selkirk

British sailor

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John Wood

Scottish footballer (1894-1971)

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Archie Wood

Footballer (1926-1986)

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Bobby Wilson

Scottish footballer (born 1943)

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David Anderson

Scottish civil engineer and lawyer (1880-1953)

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David Jack

British pharmacologist

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David Ramsay

Canadian fur trader

David Wemyss, Lord Elcho

Scottish Earl (1721-1787)

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Davie Duncan

Scottish footballer (1921-1991)

Gavin Brown

Scottish-Australian mathematician and university administrator (1942-2010)

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George Scott Wallace

Canadian politician (1929-2011)

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Munro Briggs Scott

botanist (1887-1917)

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James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth

British peer (1744-1800)

James Stuart

British educator and politician (1843-1913)

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Jamie Ross

American actor

Jimmy Shand

Scottish musician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Star
  4.4 mi away · pop. 500
• Over Rankeilour
  8.7 mi away
• Lochcraig
  13 mi away
• Blairforge
  15.3 mi away
• New Fargie
  15.8 mi away
• Canty Bay
  15.9 mi away
• Fetterdale
  16.4 mi away
• Carsegour
  17.4 mi away
• Carberry Mains
  19.1 mi away
• Carberry
  19.3 mi away
• Blairhall
  19.7 mi away
• Springfield Cottages
  19.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Leven

The official guide to Leven, Fifeshire

Leven (Scotland). Town Council. · 1950

At Home

Bill Bryson · 2010

Infinite in all directions

Freeman J. Dyson · 1988

Around Leven (Images of Scotland)

Ena Caldwell · 2000

Recollections of a tour made in Scotland A.D. 1803

Dorothy Wordsworth · 1874

Vale of Leven Hospital

Scotland. Home and Health Dept. · 1963

Conservation-led regeneration

D. B. Leven · 1998

Loch Leven and the River Leven

David Munro · 1994

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers