Midlothian

9°CMist

• Today: 15° / 9° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:37

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Edinburgh St Leonards, United Kingdom

68 reported road collisions (2024)

28 killed or seriously injured · 95 casualties · 6.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

128 food businesses within 2 miles

• 103 passed
• 14 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newtongrange (2.8 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£281,662 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across Midlothian · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 158.7p · Asda (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11.4 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lasswade Centre (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Diamond Wedding Celebration for Delyth and Ian Parkinson· 10 Sept 2026
• Midlothian’s Young People Awards 2026 launched!· 7 Sept 2026
• Exploring trauma-informed practice in Midlothian· 4 Sept 2026
• Free Job Fair in Dalkeith to support Midlothian residents· 3 Sept 2026
• Loanhead Library inspires moving poem from local author whose life was transformed by friendship and community· 3 Sept 2026

Source: Midlothian Council

100,390 residents in Midlothian

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

3% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 9% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools6
• Parks & greens13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,120 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,114 jobs advertised · £34,597 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Showroom Sales Consultant, Recycling Operatives

Source: Adzuna

£762 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,228 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Midlothian:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s348 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth271 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test201 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office193 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  Whitehill Welfare F.C. · 1.4 km

  Whitehill Welfare Football Club is a football club based in the village of Rosewell, Midlothian, Scotland. They are members of the East of Scotland Football League and play their home matches at Ferguson Park. The clu…

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  Hopefield, Bonnyrigg · 1.6 km

  Hopefield is an area in the south of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, occupied by a mid-20th century residential neighbourhood and by an early-21st century, ongoing housing development, built on land dating back to 17th century…

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  Rosewell, Midlothian · 1.6 km

  Rosewell is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland, east of Roslin and south-west of Bonnyrigg. The village is in the civil parish of Lasswade and was previously a separate ecclesiastical parish, but has its…

• Rosewell and Hawthornden railway station · 1.6 km

  Rosewell and Hawthornden railway station served the village of Rosewell, Midlothian, Scotland from 1855 to 1962 on the Peebles Railway.

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  Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church · 1.7 km

  Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church is located to the south of the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the south side of the town of Bonnyrig…

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  Cockpen · 1.7 km

  Cockpen is a parish in Midlothian, Scotland, containing at its north-west corner the town of Bonnyrigg, which lies two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Dalkeith. It is bounded on the west and north by the parish of Lasswa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)