North Lanarkshire

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 10° · 73% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:36

12h 50m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · N Lanarkshire Chapelhall, United Kingdom

206 reported road collisions (2024)

89 killed or seriously injured · 255 casualties · 6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

433 food businesses within 2 miles

• 413 passed
• 15 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Airdrie (0.6 km)
• 62 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (11 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: 119B Hallcraig Street (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms5
• Sports pitches47
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Celebrating the people who make our communities stronger· 11 Sept 2026
• Plaque unveiled at Milton Court in memory of community champion· 11 Sept 2026
• 2026 Lanarkshire Business Awards finalists announced· 10 Sept 2026
• Excellent report for Coatbridge school· 10 Sept 2026
• Lanarkshire communities come together to talk about suicide prevention· 9 Sept 2026

Source: North Lanarkshire Council

343,930 residents in North Lanarkshire

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Scotland

13% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 34% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Kenneth Stevenson

Labour

Airdrie and Shotts

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens572
• Restaurants & cafés60

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,165 jobs advertised · £39,187 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Pipefitter, Welder

Source: Adzuna

£775 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,381 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 86% · Nuclear 12% · Solar 1%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Airdrie and Shotts:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s351 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership320 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office244 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth243 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test167 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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