Saltcoats

16°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 12° · 92% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 19:41

12h 54m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US 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)

219 food businesses within 2 miles

• 188 passed
• 10 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Saltcoats (0.3 km)
• 42 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 (2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (3.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Union Street Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches25
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

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

Irene Campbell

Labour

North Ayrshire and Arran

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £35,917 avg

e.g. Welder, Electrician, Sheet Metal Worker

Source: Adzuna

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 79% · Nuclear 15% · Solar 6%

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)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Ayrshire and Arran:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s331 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership304 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office261 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth179 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test145 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Saltcoats railway station · 0.2 km

  Saltcoats railway station is a railway station serving the town of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

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  Saltcoats · 0.3 km

  Saltcoats is a town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages…

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  Saltcoats Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Saltcoats Town Hall is a municipal building and former cinema in Countess Street, Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The building, which is used by North Ayrshire Council as a hub for the delivery of local services,…

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  Saltcoats North railway station · 0.4 km

  Saltcoats North railway station was a railway station serving the town of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.

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  Cunninghame · 0.4 km

  Cunninghame is a former comital district of Scotland and also the name of a district of the Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996.

• St Andrew's Academy, North Ayrshire · 0.6 km

  St Andrew's Academy was a Roman Catholic secondary school from 1971 to 2007 in the seaside town of Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It was named after the patron saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)