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West Lothian

West Lothian is a town or village in West Lothian, Scotland. It has around 5 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Almondhaugh Halt, 2 km away. Covers 25 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, West Lothian is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

15°CCloudy

  • Today: 15° / 10° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:45

13h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

72US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Linlithgow High Street 2, United Kingdom

Road safety

133 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 7.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

72 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 60 passed
  • 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Almondhaugh Halt (2.0 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Livingston North (2.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£228,496 average 3.8% YoY

Across West Lothian · to 2026-06

Detached£414,967
Semi-detached£231,785
Terraced£184,134
Flat£126,196

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (3.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (3.9 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

34 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Schuh (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

187,240 residents in West Lothian

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

5% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 15% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,280 jobs advertised · £36,796 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Class 1 Driver, Welder/Fabricator

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£769 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,214 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Livingston:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Starlaw distillery · 0.7 km

    Starlaw distillery is a grain whisky distillery located in Bathgate, Scotland.

  • Livingston railway station · 1.2 km

    Livingston railway station was a railway station which served the village of Livingston and the community of Livingston Station, both of which were later amalgamated into the new town of Livingston in West Lothian, Sc…

  • Pyramids (Bathgate) · 1.5 km

    The Pyramids are a land sculpture alongside the M8 motorway at Bathgate.

  • Boghall · 1.6 km

    Boghall is a Council Estate built in the early 1960s in West Lothian, Scotland just to the east of Bathgate.

  • Bathgate Academy · 2.0 km

    Bathgate Academy is a mixed secondary school in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, also serving the nearby town of Blackburn.

  • Eliburn · 2.0 km

    Eliburn is an area, primarily residential, in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. Eliburn is bordered by Deans to the north, Ladywell to the east and Livingston Village to the south.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)