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Spittal (South Lanarkshire)

Spittal is a town or village in the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It has around 18 restaurants and cafés, 4 pharmacies, 1 park or green space, and 79 bus stops, with Croftfoot railway station 0.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Spittal (South Lanarkshire) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Glasgow City area is among the most deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Glasgow City
County
City of Glasgow
Constituency
Glasgow South
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

10°CMist

  • Today: 16° / 10° · 30% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:42

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

54US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Rutherglen, United Kingdom

Road safety

622 reported road collisions (2024)

219 killed or seriously injured · 805 casualties · 9.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 327 passed
  • 37 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Croftfoot (0.2 km)
  • 79 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Croftfoot (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (8.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (8.7 km)

43 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 33 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Croftfoot Service Station (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres10
  • Sports pitches45
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

654,330 residents in Glasgow City

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 71%
  • 65+: 14%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in Scotland

30% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 45% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Gordon McKee

Labour

Glasgow South

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools17
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens31
  • Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

25,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£746 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,974 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Grid electricity

94% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 56% · Wind 35% · Imports 6% · Solar 2%

2 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.4
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Glasgow South:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Croftfoot railway station · 0.2 km

    Croftfoot railway station is a railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, which lies close to the Glasgow City council area / South Lanarkshire boundary serving the Croftfoot area of the City of Glasgow and the S…

  • Croftfoot · 0.5 km

    Croftfoot is a residential area on the southeastern side of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is bordered by Castlemilk to the south and King's Park to the west within Glasgow, and by the Rutherglen areas of Spittal to…

  • Castlemilk House · 1.0 km

    Castlemilk House was a country house located in what is now the Castlemilk district of Glasgow, Scotland. The house was the ancestral home of the Stirling-Stuart family and was built around the 15th-century Cassiltoun…

  • King's Park, Glasgow · 1.0 km

    King's Park is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated south of the River Clyde and borders the Glasgow areas of Croftfoot, Cathcart, Simshill, Mount Florida and Toryglen and the neighbourhood of B…

  • Overtoun Park · 1.0 km

    Overtoun Park is a public park in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

  • King's Park Secondary School · 1.2 km

    King's Park Secondary School, on Fetlar Drive, in the King's Park area of south Glasgow, is a Scottish non-denominational state school. It was established in 1962.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Spittal (South Lanarkshire)?
Spittal (South Lanarkshire) is a town in City of Glasgow, Scotland, in the Glasgow City local authority.
How deprived is Spittal (South Lanarkshire)?
The Glasgow City local authority, which includes Spittal (South Lanarkshire), is among the most deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.