Southerness

6°CSunny

• Today: 10° / 3° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:23Sunset 16:31

9h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Lanark, United Kingdom

222 reported road collisions (2025)

85 killed or seriously injured · 323 casualties · 15.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 1 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£171,854 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across Dumfries and Galloway · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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

John Cooper

Conservative

Dumfries and Galloway

Source: UK Parliament

SNP / Labour / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 10
• LD 1
• Oth 11

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 50% · Wind 49% · Solar 1%

0 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 Dumfries and Galloway:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government262 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks166 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately146 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases136 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Southerness · 0.1 km

  Southerness is a small, compact coastal village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; it is approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the A710 between Caulkerbush and Kirkbean.

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  Southerness Lighthouse · 0.4 km

  Southerness Lighthouse is located at the village of Southerness in South West Scotland. It is at present the second oldest lighthouse in Scotland. The lighthouse was commissioned by the Town Council of Dumfries in 174…

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  Kirkbean · 4.6 km

  Kirkbean is a Scottish village and civil parish on the Solway Firth, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire and council area of Dumfries and Galloway. In the 2001 census, the four small villages making up the pa…

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  Auchenskeoch Castle · 7.3 km

  Auchenskeoch Tower is a 17th-century tower house situated in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is near Dalbeattie in the civil parish of Colvend and Southwick, in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire. It is t…

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  Criffel · 7.6 km

  Criffel is a hill in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is 570 m (1,870 ft) high but appears higher because of its great isolation and high prominence. It is a…

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