Balloch

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• Today: 10° / 5° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:31Sunset 16:31

9h 0m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverclyde Greenock A8, United Kingdom

56 reported road collisions (2025)

31 killed or seriously injured · 69 casualties · 6.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

151 food businesses within 2 miles

• 131 passed
• 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Balloch (0.3 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£132,345 average▲ 7.9% YoY

Across West Dunbartonshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · ESSO (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · ESSO (8.8 km)

2 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: Queen of the Loch (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds29

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £63,629 avg

e.g. Home Care & Cleaning Assistant, Babysitter wanted in Balloch - babysitting Balloch, Technical Manager - Hardware & Cloud (HaaS)

Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% 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

Nuclear 55% · Wind 45%

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:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth244 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government218 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK151 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately108 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals102 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

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  Loch Lomond Rowing Club · 0.2 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 · 0.2 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…

• Loch Lomond Radium Works · 0.3 km

  Loch Lomond Radium Works was a company founded by John Stewart MacArthur in 1911 as the Radium Works in Halton, Cheshire, England. The company moved to Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland in 1915. The company pro…

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  Balloch, West Dunbartonshire · 0.3 km

  Balloch is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, at the foot of Loch Lomond.

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  Balloch Central railway station · 0.4 km

  Balloch Central railway station was the main railway station serving the town of Balloch in Scotland. It was opened on 15 July 1850 by the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway. It was renamed Balloch Central…

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  Jamestown, West Dunbartonshire · 0.8 km

  Jamestown is a village in the Vale of Leven conurbation in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)