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Ratho Station and Newbridge

Ratho Station and Newbridge is a town or village in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, with a population of around 2,200. There are around 3 restaurants and cafés, 11 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Drumshoreland, 4.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ratho Station and Newbridge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the City of Edinburgh area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
City of Edinburgh
County
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 68% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:41

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Broxburn, United Kingdom

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

93 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 89 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Drumshoreland (4.1 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kirknewton (5.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£303,067 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across City of Edinburgh · to 2026-06

Detached£707,887
Semi-detached£457,110
Terraced£381,659
Flat£246,022

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.7p · Asda (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.1 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

45 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Edinburgh Newbridge Supercharger (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: City of Edinburgh Council

Population

531,370 residents in City of Edinburgh

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens19
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

23,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

63 jobs advertised · £33,574 avg

e.g. Casual Spa Therapist, Become a Violin Tutor in Ratho Station – Flexible & Remote, 12D M5 Operatives – Edinburgh

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Edinburgh West:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Newbridge chariot · 0.3 km

    The remains of an Iron Age chariot burial were found near the Bronze Age burial mound at Huly Hill, Newbridge in Scotland, 14 km west of Edinburgh city centre, in advance of development at the Edinburgh Interchange. T…

  • Newbridge Inn · 0.4 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…

  • Newbridge, Edinburgh · 0.4 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…

  • Almond Valley Viaduct · 0.9 km

    The Almond Valley Viaduct is a large Victorian railway viaduct on the boundary between West Lothian and Edinburgh in Scotland. The viaduct is 622 metres (2,041 ft) long and has 36 masonry arches, making it one of the…

  • Ratho railway station · 1.2 km

    Ratho railway stations served the village of Ratho, historically in the county of Midlothian, Scotland from 1842 to 1951 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and the North British Railway.

  • Bonnington Aqueduct · 1.3 km

    The Bonnington Aqueduct is an aqueduct on the Union Canal, to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ratho Station and Newbridge?
Ratho Station and Newbridge is a town in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the City of Edinburgh local authority.
How deprived is Ratho Station and Newbridge?
The City of Edinburgh local authority, which includes Ratho Station and Newbridge, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.