Menstrie

10°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 0° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:25Sunset 16:32

9h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Alloa A907, United Kingdom

23 reported road collisions (2025)

8 killed or seriously injured · 27 casualties · 4.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

73 food businesses within 2 miles

• 58 passed
• 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alloa (5.3 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£171,154 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Clackmannanshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (5.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (5.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

43 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Menstrie: Main Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

51,610 residents in Clackmannanshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Around the average in Scotland

10% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 25% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Brian Leishman

Labour

Alloa and Grangemouth

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,435 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

9 jobs advertised · £26,847 avg

e.g. Health and Safety Manager, Operator, Maintenance Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,822 disposable income per head (2024)

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

99% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 60% · Wind 35% · Solar 5% · Imports 1%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• 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 Alloa and Grangemouth:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government250 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth207 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK129 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately105 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases104 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Menstrie Castle · 0.1 km

  Menstrie Castle is a three-storey manor house in the town of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, near Stirling, central Scotland. From the early 17th century, it was home to Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, who wa…

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  Menstrie · 0.2 km

  Menstrie is a village in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about five miles east-northeast of Stirling and is one of a string of towns that, because of their location at the foothill base of the Ochil…

• Menstrie and Glenochil railway station · 0.5 km

  Menstrie and Glenochil railway station served the village of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, from 1863 to 1954 on the Alva Railway.

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  Broomhall Castle · 0.6 km

  Broomhall Castle is a mansion house originally called Broom Hall and was built in 1874 by John Foukes and Frances Mackison for James Johnstone. It is situated in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland on the Ochil Hills…

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  Menstrie Glen · 1.0 km

  Menstrie Glen is the glen which separates Dumyat from Myreton Hill and the main body of the Ochil Hills in Scotland. Once farmed but no longer inhabited, it is now used for sheep pasture, a public water supply and rec…

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  Myreton Hill · 1.6 km

  Myreton Hill is a peak near the village of Menstrie in the Ochil Hills of Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)