Crossroads

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• Today: 13° / 8° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 8° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:43

9h 24m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glasgow Waulkmillglen Reservoir, United Kingdom

86 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 115 casualties · 7.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kilmarnock (6.1 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£138,206 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across East Ayrshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (4.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Kilmarnock Athletics Arena (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

121,350 residents in East Ayrshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Scotland

15% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 31% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Lillian Jones

Labour

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

• Lab 7
• Con 4
• Oth 14

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£733 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,603 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 72% · Nuclear 28%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kilmarnock and Loudoun:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government346 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings341 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK113 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills108 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• Lands of Dallars · 0.7 km

  The Lands of Dallars or Auchenskeith (NS463337) form a small estate in East Ayrshire, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Parish of Riccarton, Scotland. The present mansion house is mainly late 18th-century, located within a bend o…

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  HM Prison Kilmarnock · 0.9 km

  HM Prison Kilmarnock is a prison in Bowhouse, Hurlford near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Hurlford on the Mauchline Road. Its location means it is locally known as Bo…

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  Carnell Estate · 1.9 km

  Carnell House is a mansion house and estate near the village of Hurlford about 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Kilmarnock in South Ayrshire, Scotland, 25 miles (40 km) from Glasgow. Carnell was previously known as Cair…

• Barleith railway station · 2.3 km

  Barleith railway station was a railway station near Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was built by the Glasgow and South Western Railway on their Darvel Branch line.

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  Whitehill Loch · 2.6 km

  Whitehill Loch, previously known as Hillhouse Loch was a freshwater loch in the East Ayrshire Council Area, now drained, near Galston, in the Parish of Riccarton, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole.

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  Hurlford · 2.9 km

  Hurlford is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated on the outskirts of Kilmarnock. It has a population of 4,968. Hurlford's former names include Whirlford and Hurdleford. The village was named Whirlford as a r…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)