Skelmorlie

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 4° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:32Sunset 16:33

9h 1m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverclyde Greenock A8, United Kingdom

80 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 116 casualties · 6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wemyss Bay (1.0 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£140,577 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across North Ayrshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Wemyss Bay Station (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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)

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,885 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

12 jobs advertised · £49,818 avg

e.g. Senior Project Manager, Parts Supervisor / Advisor, High Reach forklift driver

Source: Adzuna

£791 median full-time weekly pay

4% 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

Nuclear 60% · Wind 40%

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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government374 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth179 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately139 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK129 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills104 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Wemyss Bay railway station · 1.1 km

  Wemyss Bay railway station serves the village of Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the Inverclyde Line, about 26 miles (42 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station incorporates the Caledon…

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  Skelmorlie · 1.4 km

  Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire in the southwest of Scotland. Although it is the northernmost settlement in the council area of North Ayrshire it is contiguous with Wemyss Bay, which is in Inverclyde, and ha…

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  Meigle, North Ayrshire · 1.7 km

  Meigle or Meagle is a hamlet on the Meigle Burn in North Ayrshire, Parish of Largs, Scotland. The settlement lies close to the road to Greenock and is named after the bay where the Skelmorlie Burn flows into the Firth…

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  Skelmorlie Castle · 1.7 km

  Skelmorlie Castle stands on the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, at the north-western corner of the county of Ayrshire. The structure dates from 1502, and was formerly the seat and stronghold of the Mont…

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  Wemyss Bay · 1.8 km

  Wemyss Bay is a village on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the traditional county of Renfrewshire. It is adjacent to Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire. The tow…

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  Castle Wemyss · 2.7 km

  Castle Wemyss was a large mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland. It stood on the southern shore of the Firth of Clyde at Wemyss Point, where the firth turns southwards.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)