Alexandria

14°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 8° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:46

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverclyde Greenock A8, United Kingdom

43 reported road collisions (2024)

24 killed or seriously injured · 54 casualties · 4.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

167 food businesses within 2 miles

• 146 passed
• 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Balloch (1.0 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£128,381 average▲ 6.4% YoY

Across West Dunbartonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Vale of Leven District Hospital, Alexandria (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

88,340 residents in West Dunbartonshire

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Scotland

17% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 40% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Douglas McAllister

Labour

West Dunbartonshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

104 jobs advertised · £38,695 avg

e.g. Welder, Pipefitter, Sheet Metal Worker

Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,545 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 80% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 2%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Dunbartonshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership308 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s307 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth244 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test221 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office214 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Argyll Motor Works · 0.3 km

  The Argyll Motor Works, currently known as Lomond Galleries, is a former car factory in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was opened in 1906 by Argyll Motors Ltd, at the time the largest producer of cars i…

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  Vale of Leven Hospital · 0.3 km

  Vale of Leven District General Hospital or simply the Vale of Leven Hospital is a district general hospital in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

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  Loch Lomond distillery · 0.6 km

  Loch Lomond is a Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky distillery in Alexandria, Scotland, near Loch Lomond.

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  Tullichewan · 0.6 km

  Tullichewan is a former estate in the Vale of Leven, near Loch Lomond, Scotland. Tullichewan Castle was built in 1792 and demolished in 1954. It was located on the western edge of Alexandria, close to the present rout…

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  Loch Lomond Rowing Club · 0.8 km

  Loch Lomond Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Leven, based at Heather Avenue, Balloch, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.

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  Balloch railway station · 0.9 km

  Balloch railway station is a railway station serving the town of Balloch in Scotland. The station is a western terminus of the North Clyde Line, sited 20 miles 38 chains (33.0 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, me…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)