Westhill

14°COvercast

• Today: 15° / 9° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:36

13h 2m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Union Street Roadside, United Kingdom

67 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 82 casualties · 2.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

74 food businesses within 2 miles

• 61 passed
• 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dyce (7.9 km)
• 53 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (9.9 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Westhill Library, Westhill (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

230,180 residents in Aberdeen City

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 67%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

SNP / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 6
• LD 3
• Ref 1
• Oth 19

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,240 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

40 jobs advertised · £31,764 avg

e.g. Lead Quality Control Inspector, Barista - Store 58129, ABERDEEN WESTHILL DT, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£782 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,466 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• 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 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership316 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office245 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills183 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth143 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Westhill, Aberdeenshire · 0.3 km

  Westhill is a suburban town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located 7 miles (11 km) west of the city of Aberdeen. As of 2022, it has a population of 11,750, making it one of the largest towns in Aberdeenshire.

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  Westhill Academy · 0.3 km

  Westhill Academy is an Aberdeenshire Council secondary school in Westhill, near Aberdeen, Scotland, serving the Westhill, Elrick and Skene areas of Aberdeenshire. Its main feeder schools are Westhill Primary, Crombie…

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  Elrick · 1.0 km

  Elrick is a small village on the A944 road 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) west of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The name derives from a Gaelic word meaning a place where deer were driven for hunting. Elrick is also a common…

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  Skene Parish Church · 2.9 km

  Kingshill Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in Skene, part of the Presbytery of North East and Northern Isles. The parish has two places of worship, Skene Church in Kirkton of Skene and Trinity…

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  Skene, Aberdeenshire · 3.2 km

  Skene is a small farming community in North East Scotland some 6 mi west of Aberdeen. The two traditional villages are Kirkton of Skene and Lyne of Skene. As the name suggests, Kirkton is still the location of Skene P…

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  Brimmond Hill · 3.3 km

  Brimmond Hill is a hill in Aberdeen, Scotland. The summit is the highest point within the Aberdeen City council area, at an elevation of 266 m (873 ft).

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)