Headwell & Bellyeoman

Headwell and Bellyeoman sit north of the city centre, around Robertson Road and Bellyeoman Road, and this is the Local Area you come to for health and for secondary school as much as for housing. Queen Margaret Hospital, with its Minor Injuries Unit, is on Whitefield Road. Two GP practices — Bellyeoman Practice and New Park Medical Practice — and two pharmacies are in the area, along with Bellyeoman Primary, with its nursery class and out-of-school club, and Queen Anne High School. Headwell and Bellyeoman Community Councils are both listed as active on Fife Council’s 22 October 2026 list.

Dunfermline Queen Margaret station is here, on the eastern side of the city, and James Allan Community Centre is in the area too. St Columba’s Church on Robertson Road, which the former Kingseat congregation joined in 2024, sits in this part of town. Bellyeoman Out of School Club is at the primary school, and in the holidays it normally operates from Duloch Primary, so some family routines already look south-east as well as down into the centre.

Getting around is easier than in the outer villages. The hospital, the station, the high school and the GPs are inside the Local Area, and buses run along the main roads towards the bus station and the town. You’re still a walk or a short ride from the Abbey and the High Street, not in the Heritage Quarter itself.

It suits households who want to be near the hospital, a high school and GP practices, and anyone who uses Queen Margaret station rather than Dunfermline City. It is a practical, service-heavy residential area rather than a visitor district. If you’re only passing through, it’s most likely because you’re going to the hospital, the station or Queen Anne High.