Troon (South Ayrshire)

15°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 9° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 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

57US AQI · Moderate

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)

123 food businesses within 2 miles

• 107 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barassie (1.0 km)
• 3 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: 161.7p · Asda (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (10.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Troon Swimming Pool Car Park (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses4
• Playgrounds9

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)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

40 jobs advertised · £28,015 avg

e.g. Pipefitter, Youth Worker (Term Time) - Various Locations - SOA12936 - SOA12936, Welder

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

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

• 
  Barassie · 0.8 km

  Barassie is a former village on the east shore of the Firth of Clyde in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Today it serves as a suburb outside the northern edge of Troon.

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  Barassie railway station · 1.0 km

  Barassie railway station is a railway station serving Barassie, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

• Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club · 1.8 km

  Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club is a golf club and course in Barassie on the west coast of Scotland. Formed as Ossington Golf Club in 1887, the first course was at Holmes Farm in Kilmarnock. The Club quickly became Ki…

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  Women's Scottish Open · 1.9 km

  The ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open is a women's professional golf tournament in Scotland on the Ladies European Tour (LET). First played in 1986, it became a regular fixture on the tour schedule in 2010.

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  Dundonald Links · 2.0 km

  Dundonald Links is a golf course in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The course was designed by Willie Fernie and opened in 1911. It had an extensive renovation in the early 2000s.

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  Kemp Law Dun · 2.0 km

  Kemp Law Dun is a vitrified fort dating from the Iron Age situated near the town of Dundonald in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The remains of the Iron Age fort or dun lie on the old Auchans Estate in the Dundonald Woods n…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)