Pool of Muckhart
Pool of Muckhart is a town or village in Clackmannan, Scotland. It has around 1 restaurant and café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Pool of Muckhart area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Clackmannanshire area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).
- Council
- Clackmannanshire
- County
- Clackmannan
- Constituency
- Ochil and South Perthshire
- Police force
- Scotland
Weather
12°COvercast
- Today: 18° / 8° · 81% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:42
13h 5m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
24US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Alloa A907, United Kingdom
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
6 food businesses within 2 miles
- 5 passed
- 1 need improvement
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Gleneagles (12.2 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£165,884 average▲ 0.5% YoY
Across Clackmannanshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 194.9p · BP (10.7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 214.9p · BP (10.7 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
6 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: The Japanese Garden At Cowden Castle Scio (2.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches3
- Golf courses3
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
51,610 residents in Clackmannanshire
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 62%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)
Deprivation
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
Your MP
Graeme Downie
Labour
Dunfermline and Dollar
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure 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
- Schools1
- Restaurants & cafés2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
1,395 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£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
Grid electricity
100% low-carbon electricity
Wind 70% · Nuclear 31%
0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dunfermline and Dollar:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases481 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership345 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test207 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office199 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Muckhart · 0.1 km
Muckhart commonly refers to two small villages in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Pool of Muckhart and Yetts o' Muckhart. Muckhart is one of the Hillfoots Villages, situated on the A91 around 3 miles northeast of Dollar.…
- Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh · 1.3 km
The Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. It is the metropolitan see of the province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, consisting of the ad…
Rumbling Bridge · 2.0 kmRumbling Bridge is a small village built on both sides of a gorge of the River Devon, which formed the boundary between the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire and is now within the combined Perth and Ki…
Cauldron Linn (River Devon) · 2.0 kmCauldron Linn, or Caldron Linn, is a waterfall on the River Devon on the border between Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross in Scotland.
Rumbling Bridge railway station · 2.1 kmRumbling Bridge railway station served the village of Rumbling Bridge, Kinross-shire, Scotland from 1863 to 1964 on the Devon Valley Railway.
Japanese garden at Cowden · 2.2 kmThe Japanese garden at Cowden is located near the town of Dollar in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, on the grounds of the Cowden Castle estate. It was created in 1908 by Scottish traveller Ella Christie, but it was close…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pool of Muckhart?
- Pool of Muckhart is a town in Clackmannan, Scotland, in the Clackmannanshire local authority.
- How deprived is Pool of Muckhart?
- The Clackmannanshire local authority, which includes Pool of Muckhart, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.