Bearsden

16°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 8° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:42

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · East Dunbartonshire Bearsden, United Kingdom

43 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 49 casualties · 3.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

422 food businesses within 2 miles

• 283 passed
• 35 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bearsden (0.2 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£268,922 average▲ 6.2% YoY

Across East Dunbartonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · ESSO (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (7.4 km)

32 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

130 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Douglas Place (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Sports pitches36
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

109,550 residents in East Dunbartonshire

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 4% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Susan Murray

Liberal Democrat

Mid Dunbartonshire

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens25
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

113 jobs advertised · £34,585 avg

e.g. Quality Assurance Lead, Self Employed Courier, Courier

Source: Adzuna

£909 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,675 disposable income per head (2024)

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

97% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 70% · Solar 16% · Wind 10% · Imports 3%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Dunbartonshire:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s376 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership256 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office201 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test172 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth155 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Bearsden railway station · 0.2 km

  Bearsden railway station serves Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Lines. It is located between Westerton and H…

• Bearsden · 0.5 km

  Bearsden is an affluent town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately six miles from the city centre.

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  Canniesburn Hospital · 0.6 km

  Canniesburn Hospital was a health facility on Switchback Road in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The original hospital blocks constitute a Grade B listed building.

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  Scotus College · 0.9 km

  Scotus College was a seminary in Bearsden, Glasgow. It was founded in 1985 under the name of Chesters College and in 1993 was reconstituted as Scotus College. It was then the only remaining Roman Catholic seminary in…

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  Hillfoot railway station · 1.0 km

  Hillfoot railway station is a railway station in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. It is sited…

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  Westerton railway station · 1.2 km

  Westerton railway station is a railway station that serves the Westerton district in the town of Bearsden, Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail as part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport n…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)