Kirkliston

15°CLight drizzle

• Today: 15° / 11° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:47

13h 13m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Newton, United Kingdom

481 reported road collisions (2024)

154 killed or seriously injured · 610 casualties · 9.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

79 food businesses within 2 miles

• 74 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dalmeny (3.9 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£303,067 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across City of Edinburgh · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 156.7p · Asda (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 175.7p · Asda (10.2 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Kirkliston Library (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Next phase of tram network expansion agreed· 10 Sept 2026
• 2300 children take part in Scotland's biggest outdoor learning event· 10 Sept 2026
• Step forward for Princes Street and Waverley Valley as design approach is agreed· 9 Sept 2026
• Education convenor welcomes Knife Angel to Leith· 7 Sept 2026
• New improvement fund launched to boost support for Edinburgh’s visitor economy· 7 Sept 2026

Source: City of Edinburgh Council

531,370 residents in City of Edinburgh

• Under 16: 14%
• 16–64: 70%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

5% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 12% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Christine Jardine

Liberal Democrat

Edinburgh West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 11
• Con 10
• LD 14
• Grn 11
• Oth 15

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

23,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

30 jobs advertised · £22,029 avg

e.g. Nightshift Warehouse Operative, Customer Service Testing Agent, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time

Source: Adzuna

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,043 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 92% · Nuclear 8% · Solar 1%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• 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 Edinburgh West:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s429 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership403 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test200 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office178 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth164 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Kirkliston railway station · 0.2 km

  Kirkliston railway station served the village of Kirkliston, historically in the county of West Lothian, Scotland from 1866 to 1966 on the North British Railway.

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  Kirkliston · 0.3 km

  Kirkliston is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, historically within the county of West Lothian but now within the City of Edinburgh council area limits. It lies on high ground immediately north…

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  Newliston · 1.6 km

  Newliston is an 18,146 sq ft (1,685.8 m2) country house near Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Kirkliston, and 8 miles (13 km) west of the city centre. The house, designed by Robert Adam…

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  Newbridge, Edinburgh · 1.6 km

  Newbridge is a village in the civil parish of Kirkliston, west of Edinburgh in Scotland. It formerly belonged to Midlothian, but it has been on the western fringe of to the City of Edinburgh since 1975. The original v…

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  Newbridge Inn · 1.6 km

  The Newbridge Inn is a public house in Newbridge, a suburban village to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The inn was founded in 1683. The present building is dated 1895 and is a category C(S) listed building. It is lo…

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  Carlowrie Castle · 1.7 km

  Carlowrie Castle was built in the Scottish Baronial style between 1852 and 1855 on the outskirts of Kirkliston, a town approximately 10 miles from Edinburgh, Scotland. It has only ever belonged to two families: the Hu…

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