Whiting Bay

16°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 14° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:48Sunset 19:42

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 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)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£141,756 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across North Ayrshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Glenisle Hotel, Lamlash (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

• 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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  Whiting Bay · 0.8 km

  Whiting Bay is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland four miles south of Lamlash and eight miles south of Brodick. With more than 600 inhabitants it's the third largest village on the…

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  Giants' Graves, Arran · 1.8 km

  The Giants' Graves are the remains of two Neolithic chambered tombs on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. They are situated within 40 metres of each other, and stand on a ridge 120 metres above the sea in a clearing in a…

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  Eas a' Chrannaig · 2.0 km

  Eas a' Chrannaig also known as the Glenashdale Falls is a waterfall on the island of Arran, Scotland. There are a series of falls on the Glenashdale Burn, which flows from moorland near the summit of Tighvein eastward…

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  Holy Island, Firth of Clyde · 4.0 km

  The Holy Island or Holy Isle is an island in the Firth of Clyde, off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the larger Isle of Arran. The island is around 3 kilometres long and around 1 kilometre wi…

• Dippen, Arran · 4.2 km

  Dippen is a settlement on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, where there is a prehistoric chambered cairn.

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  Tighvein · 4.7 km

  Tighvein is a hill above Lamlash on the Isle of Arran in western Scotland. It is a Marilyn and the highest point on the south-eastern section of the island, south-east of the pass of Monamore Glen. Two miles from the…

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