Ochiltree

3°CClear

• Today: 9° / 2° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 2° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:29Sunset 16:33

9h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr High St, 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)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Auchinleck (4.7 km)
• 8 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)

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Beechwood Avenue Car Park (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

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

Elaine Stewart

Labour

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

• Lab 7
• Con 4
• Oth 14

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Senior Residential Child Care Worker

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 48%

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 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government321 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills135 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately131 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK125 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth122 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Ochiltree · 0.4 km

  Ochiltree is a conservation village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, near Auchinleck and Cumnock. It is one of the oldest villages in East Ayrshire, with archaeological remains indicating Stone Age and Bronze Age settlers.…

• South Palmerston Loch · 1.5 km

  South Palmerston Loch or Flush, previously known as Loch of the Hill, lying to the east of the 500 ft Back hill Mount. It was one of several small lochs within the Parish of Ochiltree. The loch, lying in a glacial ket…

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  Auchinleck House · 2.1 km

  Auchinleck House is an 18th-century mansion in Scotland. It is situated near the town of Auchinleck near Cumnock and Ayr in East Ayrshire. The Auchinleck Estate has been inhabited since the 13th century, and the remai…

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  Ochiltree railway station · 2.1 km

  Ochiltree railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Annbank to Cronberry Branch on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

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  Auchinleck Castle, East Ayrshire · 2.2 km

  Auchinleck Castle was a castle built on a rocky promontory on the eastern bank of the Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland across the river from Ochiltree Castle. It was built by the Auchinleck family in the 13th cent…

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  Ochiltree Castle, East Ayrshire · 2.3 km

  Ochiltree Castle was a castle built on a promontory by the Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland across from Auchinleck Castle. Built by the de Colville family in the 12th century, it was destroyed in 1449, by Sir Wil…

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