Ecclefechan

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:37

12h 58m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

54US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

192 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 264 casualties · 13.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£166,891 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Dumfries and Galloway · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

145,490 residents in Dumfries and Galloway

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 29%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

5% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 9% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

David Mundell

Conservative

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Source: UK Parliament

SNP / Labour / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,605 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £40,480 avg

e.g. Class 1 Tramper

Source: Adzuna

£723 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,835 disposable income per head (2024)

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

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

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership277 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills161 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years116 local signatures · 54,314 nationwide

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

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  Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace · 0.1 km

  Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace is a house in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in which Thomas Carlyle, who was to become a pre-eminent man of letters, was born in 1795.

• Ecclefechan · 0.2 km

  Ecclefechan is a village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland.

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  Ecclefechan railway station · 1.5 km

  Ecclefechan railway station was a station which served the rural area around Ecclefechan, south of Lockerbie in Applegarth parish, Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now…

• Dogslacks · 2.0 km

  Dogslacks is a farmstead in the Parish of Middlebie, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Scotland.

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  Middlebie · 2.4 km

  Middlebie is a hamlet and parish in the historic county of Dumfriesshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Ecclefechan, and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Anna…

• Broadlea henge · 2.6 km

  Broadlea henge is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway. It is one of very few henge monuments in southern Scotland. The only other well preserved site is the considerabl…

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