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Guide Price£250,000

Oakum Bay, Newmills, Fife, KY12

Land size
0.31 acres

Description

This development site offers a rare opportunity to renovate and develop a rundown stone dwelling and garage in a wonderful location a few hundred yards from Oakum Bay and the Fife Coastal path.

Subject to planning consents, the site offers potential for further development and is a sizeable plot of circa 0.13ha (0.31 acres).

The buildings is of stone and brick construction and comprises a two-storey former dwelling and garage.

Potential buyers should make their own enquiries regarding connecting/reinstating services.

We have taken rough measurements and consider the footprint of the building and dwelling and garage to be circa 3,000 sq ft.

Newmills is a south west Fife coastal village situated and is circa 6 miles from Dunfermline.

The village has a local shop and cycle paths/coastal walks. The historic village of Culross is 2.5 miles The

Road connections can be easily accessed to the Kincardine and Forth Road Bridges as well as the M90 Motorway (Edinburgh/Perth).

Council Tax Band: N/A (Fife Council)
Tenure: Freehold

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-08-25

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Utilities

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Broadband
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
Off-Street Parking
Garden
Private Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

8.5 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Torryburn Primary School670 metres
    Pupils
    104
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • St Serf's R C Primary School0.8 miles
    Pupils
    69
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Culross Primary School1.6 miles
    Pupils
    56
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Inzievar Primary School1.8 miles
    Pupils
    210
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Holy Name RC Primary School1.8 miles
    Pupils
    24
    Type
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • Bo'ness Academy3.5 miles
    Pupils
    829
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Queen Anne High School4.9 miles
    Pupils
    1,843
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Dunfermline High School5 miles
    Pupils
    1,450
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Linlithgow Academy6.2 miles
    Pupils
    1,329
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Woodmill High School6.2 miles
    Pupils
    1,408
    Type
    Non-denominational

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op High Valleyfield, High Valleyfield798 metres
Spar Oakley, Oakley, Fife1.9 miles
Co-op Oakley, Oakley, Fife1.9 miles

GP surgery

Valleyfield Medical Practice733 metres

Pharmacy

High Valleyfield Pharmacy Ltd733 metres

Green space

Public Park Or Garden205 metres

Walking trail

Low Causewayside98 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Dunfermline Town Rail Station5.2 miles

Nearest bus stop

Durham Terrace22 metres

Typical drive times

Culross5 min · 2 miles
Clackmannan15 min · 11 miles
Inverkeithing17 min · 8.4 miles
Dunfermline (city)14 min · 7.5 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From SEPA flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Not shown on SEPA's flood mapsLower risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)

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