Monkton (South Ayrshire)

14°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:43

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

56US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr Harbour, 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)

115 food businesses within 2 miles

• 101 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Prestwick International Airport (1.2 km)
• 7 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)

• Cheapest petrol: 161.7p · Asda (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (4.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: NATS Prestwick (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

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)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised · £28,617 avg

e.g. Maintenance Assist, Backshift Cook, Breakfast Cook

Source: Adzuna

£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

96% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 70% · Solar 15% · Wind 9% · Imports 4%

1 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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership243 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office240 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test153 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth145 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Monkton, South Ayrshire · 0.1 km

  Monkton is a metropolis of a town in the parish of Monkton and Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The town of Prestwick is around 1+1⁄2 miles south of the village, and it borders upon Glasgow Prestwick Airport.

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  Orangefield House, South Ayrshire · 0.1 km

  Orangefield House, previously known as 'Monkton House', was located near the village of Monkton, Ayrshire in the Parish of Monkton and Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland; the settlement borders upon Glasgow Prestwi…

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  Monkton Windmill · 0.4 km

  The Monkton Windmill, or Monkton Dovecote, was originally an early 18th century vaulted tower windmill located on the outskirts of the village of Monkton on the site of an Iron Age hillfort in South Ayrshire, Scotland…

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  1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash · 0.7 km

  On 17 March 1977, a British Airtours Boeing 707 being used for pilot training crashed and caught fire during its take-off roll at Glasgow Prestwick Airport. All four crew members on board survived.

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  Macrae Monument · 0.8 km

  James Macrae (1677–1746) was most likely born in the parish of Ochiltree and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and in 1725 governor o…

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  Glasgow Prestwick Airport · 1.0 km

  Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated 1 mile (2 km) northeast of the town of Prestwick, and 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the less busy o…

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