Perceton

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• Today: 16° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Overcast

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

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr Harbour, United Kingdom

87 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 107 casualties · 6.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

105 food businesses within 2 miles

• 90 passed
• 5 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Irvine (4.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£141,756 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across North Ayrshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Park's Nissan (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,660 residents in North Ayrshire

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Scotland

16% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 40% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Alan Gemmell

Labour

Central Ayrshire

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£791 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,062 disposable income per head (2024)

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

96% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 70% · Wind 14% · Solar 11% · Imports 4%

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)3.5

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

• Perceton · 0.3 km

  Perceton is a medieval settlement and old country estate in North Ayrshire, Scotland, near the town of Irvine. The ruined church in Perceton is one of the oldest buildings in the Irvine district. The earliest legible…

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  Lawthorn · 0.6 km

  Lawthorn is a hamlet near Perceton in Strathannick, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The settlement lies on the old Irvine to Stewarton toll road.

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  Bourtreehill House · 1.1 km

  Bourtreehill House and the enclosed land on which it was built form the original estate of Bourtreehill. The wooded hill-top, a distinctive feature of the estate, is now a landmark that sits at the centre of modern…

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  Towerlands, North Ayrshire · 1.3 km

  Towerlands or Tourlands was a small estate of 70 to 80 acres of good quality land in the parish of Irvine and the old barony of Kilmaurs, North Ayrshire, Scotland, situated near the more extensive property of Bourtree…

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  Littlestane Loch · 1.3 km

  Littlestane Loch, was situated in the mid-Ayrshire clayland near Stanecastle, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is nowadays (2011) only visible as an area of permanent water in the Scottish Wildlife Trust Sourlie N…

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  Stanecastle · 1.5 km

  Stanecastle was a medieval barony and estate in North Ayrshire, Scotland, first mentioned in 1363 and now part of the Irvine New Town project. Its nearest neighbours are Bourtreehill and Girdle Toll.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)