Menstrie

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 9° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:43

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Alloa A907, United Kingdom

22 reported road collisions (2024)

11 killed or seriously injured · 30 casualties · 4.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

73 food businesses within 2 miles

• 57 passed
• 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,884 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Clackmannanshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Morrisons (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (5.1 km)

8 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)

1,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £23,536 avg

e.g. Online Biology Tutoring Job in Menstrie – Flexible Schedule, Process Safety Engineer, Online Physics Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£765 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 85% · Nuclear 13% · Solar 3%

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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s348 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership292 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office271 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth205 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test171 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  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)