Galston

11°CSunny

• Today: 11° / 5° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:23Sunset 16:38

9h 16m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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)

52 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kilmarnock (7.5 km)
• 0 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: 168.7p · Asda (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (6.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Galston (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £24,000 avg

e.g. Support Practitioner (Non Driver), Waking Night Support Worker, Digital Marketing apprentice

Source: Adzuna

£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 52% · Nuclear 44% · Solar 5% · Imports 0%

1 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

• Galston parish · 0.2 km

  Galston Parish is situated in East Ayrshire, Scotland, some five to ten miles east of Kilmarnock and roughly encompasses the southern half of the Upper Irvine Valley. The parish shares strong links with the parish of…

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  Galston, East Ayrshire · 0.2 km

  Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 (2022) and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name.

• Portland Park, Galston · 0.6 km

  Portland Park was a football ground in Galston, Scotland. It was the home ground of Galston F.C.

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  Loudoun Academy, Galston · 1.0 km

  Loudoun Academy is a secondary school in the outskirts of Galston, East Ayrshire, in Scotland serving the Loudoun district which includes the Irvine Valley, Kilmarnock, and surrounding rural areas of East Ayrshire. Th…

• Loudoun Kirk · 1.1 km

  Loudoun Kirk is a disused church located about one mile west of Loudoun Castle, East Ayrshire. It served as Loudoun's parish church until some point after 1600, when this function moved to the church in nearby Newmiln…

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  Loudoun Castle · 1.4 km

  Loudoun Castle is a ruined country house nicknamed the "Windsor of Scotland" located near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The majority of the building was constructed from 1804 to 1811 around exist…

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