East Renfrewshire

9°CSunny

• Today: 9° / 4° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:30Sunset 16:31

9h 2m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glasgow Waulkmillglen Reservoir, United Kingdom

63 reported road collisions (2025)

26 killed or seriously injured · 82 casualties · 6.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

140 food businesses within 2 miles

• 97 passed
• 7 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Patterton (1.6 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£303,413 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across East Renfrewshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (8.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Greenlaw Village (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

99,840 residents in East Renfrewshire

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Blair McDougall

Labour

East Renfrewshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent coalition

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens33
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

145 jobs advertised · £30,296 avg

e.g. Blinds and Curtains Installer, Electrician, Heating Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£896 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,752 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 57% · Wind 35% · Solar 8%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Renfrewshire:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government363 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth152 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately125 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks120 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills117 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Pollock Castle · 0.5 km

  Pollock Castle, also known as Pollok Castle, was a tower house castle located to the west of modern Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire, on the opposite side of the M77 motorway from the town. The castle appears on Tim…

• Whitecraigs RFC · 0.5 km

  Whitecraigs Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The team competes in Scottish National League Division Two, the third tier of Scottish club rugby.

• Netherplace · 1.0 km

  Netherplace is a hamlet in East Renfrewshire. It is to the west of Newton Mearns, and adjacent to the M77 motorway. The settlement is almost entirely along the Netherplace Road. It contains a farm, as well as some hou…

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  Newton Mearns · 1.3 km

  Newton Mearns is a town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Glasgow City Centre on historically the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet (125 m) above sea level.…

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  Dams to Darnley Country Park · 1.4 km

  Dams to Darnley Country Park is a 1,350-acre (550-hectare) country park crossing parts of the East Renfrewshire and Glasgow areas in Scotland. The park comprises the historic greenspace between the towns of Barrhead a…

• Glasgow Reform Synagogue · 1.4 km

  Glasgow Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish synagogue, located in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism and is the only Refo…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)