Waterside

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 11° · 93% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 9° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:40

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: ozone

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr High St, United Kingdom

70 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 116 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£138,898 average▲ 10.1% YoY

Across East Ayrshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Dalmellington Area Centre (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1

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

SNP (minority)

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

3,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

46 jobs advertised · £50,237 avg

e.g. Become a Engineering Tutor in Waterside (Blackburn with Darwen) – Flexible & Remote, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Waterside (Blackburn with Darwen) – Flexible Schedule, Become a Maths Tutor in Waterside (South Ayrshire) – Flexible & Remote

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

• 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 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s260 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership248 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office215 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test135 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills133 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• Waterside railway station · 0.1 km

  Waterside railway station served the village of Waterside, East Ayrshire, Scotland, from 1856 to 1964 on the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway.

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  Patna, East Ayrshire · 3.0 km

  Patna is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, straddling the traditional districts of Carrick and Kyle.

• Patna railway station (Scotland) · 3.1 km

  Patna railway station was a railway station serving Patna, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway, worked and later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

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  Polnessan · 3.7 km

  Polnessan is a small rural village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Polnessan has a population of 87, and is located a mile north of Patna on the A713 road.

• Doon Academy · 4.7 km

  Doon Academy is a secondary school in Dalmellington that caters to the local surrounding areas Dalmellington, Patna, Rankinston and Bellsbank. The current head teacher is Kenneth Reilly who took over from John Mackenz…

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  Dalmellington railway station · 4.9 km

  Dalmellington railway station served the town of Dalmellington, East Ayrshire, Scotland, from 1856 to 1964 on the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)