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15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 11° · 93% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:46

13h 3m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr High St, United Kingdom

65 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 93 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 4 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Girvan (4.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£172,205 average▲ 9.9% YoY

Across South Ayrshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Turnberry Holiday Park (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

112,280 residents in South Ayrshire

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Around the average in Scotland

10% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 18% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Elaine Stewart

Labour

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

4,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£870 median full-time weekly pay

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

£24,714 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 88% · Nuclear 10% · Solar 2%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• 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 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s260 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership248 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office215 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test135 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills133 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• 
  Girvan distillery · 2.6 km

  Girvan distillery is a grain whisky distillery located in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

• Ailsa Bay distillery · 2.7 km

  Ailsa Bay distillery is a Lowland whisky distillery located in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The distillery is owned by William Grant & Sons.

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  Ladyburn distillery · 2.7 km

  Ladyburn distillery was a Lowland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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  Killochan railway station · 2.9 km

  Killochan railway station was located in a rural part of South Ayrshire, Scotland and mainly served the nearby Killochan Castle estate. The Killochan bank is the name given to this section of the line, running from Gi…

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  Turnberry, South Ayrshire · 2.9 km

  Turnberry is a village 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Girvan, in the civil parish of Kirkoswald, in the council area of South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a golf resort called Turnberry which has three courses. In 1991 it ha…

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  Grangeston Halt railway station · 2.9 km

  The Grangeston Halt railway station was a private station that was not listed in the public timetables, located in a rural part of South Ayrshire, Scotland and served the WWII Grangeston ICI munitions plant bringing w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)