Loans

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• Today: 14° / 7° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:44

9h 24m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · North Ayrshire Irvine High St, United Kingdom

86 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 110 casualties · 7.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

125 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barassie (2.0 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£173,126 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across South Ayrshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (8.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Troon Railway Station, Troon (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

Alan Gemmell

Labour

Central Ayrshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£870 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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 71% · Nuclear 29%

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 Central Ayrshire:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government402 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth146 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK114 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately110 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills78 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Loans, South Ayrshire · 0.0 km

  Loans is a village in South Ayrshire near Troon, Scotland. It is located in Dundonald parish on the A759 at the junction with the B746 and a minor road to Dundonald.

• Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club · 1.3 km

  Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club is a golf club and course in Barassie on the west coast of Scotland. Formed as Ossington Golf Club in 1887, the first course was at Holmes Farm in Kilmarnock. The Club quickly became Ki…

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  Marr RFC · 1.7 km

  Marr RFC is a rugby union team based in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. The men's side play in the Scottish National League Division One. The women's side play in the Scottish Women's West Two.

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  Barassie · 1.8 km

  Barassie is a former village on the east shore of the Firth of Clyde in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Today it serves as a suburb outside the northern edge of Troon.

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  Clevens Loch, Ayrshire · 2.0 km

  Clevens Loch was a substantial freshwater loch situated in a low-lying area below Clevance Farm and Langholm Farm in Dundonald parish, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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  Barassie railway station · 2.0 km

  Barassie railway station is a railway station serving Barassie, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)