These included fertiliser made of ammonia, naptha to make rubber and paint, lubrications and oils for burning, and candles.

[4] Binnend Village was formally closed in 1931 due to the fact it had no piped water, gas, electricity or sanitation.

The owners of the village, the Whinnyhall Estate, realised it would be too difficult to upgrade the houses to a modern standard of living.

The roofs of unoccupied houses were removed so that the Estate was not required to pay rates, and all regular maintenance was ceased.

[3] Today, there is a walking path that includes eight different routes from Burntisland, Standing Stane Road, and Kinghorn Loch.

This may due to the fact that it appeared to have a more transient population and because it had a larger proportion of people with Irish descent.

[3][4] A census from 1891 shows Binnend Village had a population of 756 individuals; 564 of these lived in High Binn, where they shared 95 two-bedroom houses.

Historians have noted that houses were overcrowded with beds being used on a shift system 24 hours a day, and some people sleeping in the space between the ceiling and the roof.

[4] One couple, Dan and Rosetta Connaghan, had five children and five lodgers living in their two-bedroomed home in the Low Binn.

[3] The majority of people living in Binnend Village were from the Fife or Lothian shale mining areas, while another thirty percent of the heads of household were of Irish descent.

[3] The village had a football pitch, located east of the High Binn near the main shale dump.

It was home to a local team named the Binnend Rangers who won 27 matches during the 1891 season with a difference of 38 goals.