Birkhill and Muirhead

16°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 12° · 70% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:35

12h 56m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

45US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundee Lochee Road, United Kingdom

126 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 154 casualties · 8.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 118 passed
• 8 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Invergowrie (4.1 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (4.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (2.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

60 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 135 kW
• Nearest: Camperdown Country Park (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

148,390 residents in Dundee City

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in Scotland

24% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 37% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

SNP majority

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£676 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,563 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Angus and Perthshire Glens:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership330 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s327 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office254 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately148 local signatures · 45,405 nationwide

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

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  Birkhill, Angus · 0.4 km

  Birkhill and neighbouring Muirhead are two small villages in Angus, just to the west of Dundee, Scotland.

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  Murder of Elizabeth McCabe · 0.6 km

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• Templeton, Angus · 0.7 km

  Templeton, Angus is a rural area to the north west of Dundee, Scotland, close to Camperdown House.

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  Camperdown Country Park · 1.0 km

  Camperdown Country Park, often known as just Camperdown Park, is a public park in the Camperdown area of Dundee, Scotland. The park comprises the former grounds of Camperdown House, a 19th-century mansion, which was b…

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  Camperdown, Dundee · 1.1 km

  Camperdown is an area of Dundee, Scotland, best known for Camperdown Park, which is the largest park in the city.

• Backmuir Wood · 1.6 km

  Backmuir Wood is a 140.58 acres (56.89 ha) woodland in the Scottish county of Angus, about 4 kilometres (2 mi) northwest of Dundee. It is located south of the A923, between the villages of Muirhead and Liff. Since 199…

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