Springside

9°CMist

• Today: 14° / 8° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:22Sunset 16:41

9h 20m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · North Ayrshire Irvine 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)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 59 passed
• 5 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kilmaurs (4.2 km)
• 7 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)

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (6.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Park's Nissan (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• 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

Lillian Jones

Labour

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

• Lab 7
• Con 4
• Oth 14

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

8 jobs advertised · £50,048 avg

e.g. Senior Project Manager, Completions Engineer -Ayrshire, Health & Safety Manager - Ayrshire

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 63% · Nuclear 37%

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 Kilmarnock and Loudoun:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government346 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings341 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK113 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills108 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Springside, North Ayrshire · 0.2 km

  Springside is a village in the parish of Dreghorn, in the council area of North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is three miles from Irvine, 1+1⁄2 miles west of Crosshouse, and four miles from Kilmarnock. In the 18th, 19th and…

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  Springside railway station · 0.4 km

  Springside railway station was a railway station serving the village of Springside, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

• Thorntoun house and estate · 0.9 km

  Thorntoun School was opened by Barnardo's in September 1971 for children with emotional difficulties aged 11 to 16 years. The school closed in 1990 and Thorntoun is now a nursing home. The complex lies between the v…

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  Dreghorn railway station · 2.1 km

  Dreghorn railway station was a railway station serving the village of Dreghorn, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. The line forms part of Nat…

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  Dreghorn · 2.1 km

  Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. As archaeological excavations ne…

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  Crosshouse · 2.2 km

  Crosshouse is a village in East Ayrshire about 3 kilometres west of Kilmarnock. It grew around the cross-roads of the main Kilmarnock to Irvine road, once classified as the A71 but now reduced in status to the B7081,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)