Dumfries and Galloway

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• Today: 10° / 3° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 3° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:21Sunset 16:36

9h 15m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Lanark, United Kingdom

222 reported road collisions (2025)

85 killed or seriously injured · 323 casualties · 15.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 2 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£171,854 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across Dumfries and Galloway · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

145,490 residents in Dumfries and Galloway

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 29%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

5% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 9% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

SNP / Labour / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 10
• LD 1
• Oth 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

7,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

492 jobs advertised · £36,501 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver, Funeral Service Operative, Female Only Part Time Support Practitioner

Source: Adzuna

£723 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,835 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dumfries and Galloway:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government262 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks166 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately146 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases136 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Kirkpatrick Durham · 2.4 km

  Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and parish in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Castle Douglas.

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  Kilquhanity School · 3.0 km

  Kilquhanity School was one of several free schools to have been established in the United Kingdom in the twentieth century. Others include Sands School in Devon, Summerhill in Suffolk, Sherwood School in Epsom and Kir…

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  Glenlair House · 3.0 km

  Glenlair, near the village of Corsock in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, in Dumfries and Galloway, was the home of the physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879). The original structure was designed for Ma…

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  Springholm · 3.0 km

  Springholm is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Dumfries on the A75. The village has a primary school, which also serve…

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  Crocketford · 4.3 km

  Crocketford also known as Ninemile Bar, as it is approximately equidistant between Castle Douglas and Dumfries, is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the Dumfries and Galloway council area nea…

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  Corsock · 4.9 km

  Corsock is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Castle Douglas, and the same distance east of New Galloway, on th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)