Gartocharn

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 12° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:41

12h 55m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

47US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Dunbartonshire Clydebank, 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)

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Balloch (5.6 km)
• 0 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: 167.9p · Morrisons (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (9.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: East Cambusmoon Holiday Cottages (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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 75% · Nuclear 25%

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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  Gartocharn · 0.1 km

  Gartocharn is a village in West Dunbartonshire in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is the only village in the parish of Kilmaronock. The parish has a population of c. 680.

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  Ross Priory · 2.0 km

  Ross Priory is an early 19th-century country house located west of Gartocharn, West Dunbartonshire, on the south shore of Loch Lomond, Scotland. From the 14th century the estate, known as The Ross, was owned by a bran…

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  Aber Isle · 2.9 km

  Aber Isle or Aber Inch is a small island in Loch Lomond, in west central Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Endrick, by the abandoned village of Aber, and is 1⁄2 mile from Clairinch. Its name derives from the…

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  Caldarvan railway station · 3.0 km

  Caldarvan railway station served the estate of Caldarvan, in the historical county of Dunbartonshire, Scotland, from 1856 to 1934 on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.

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  Endrick Water · 3.4 km

  The Endrick Water or River Endrick is a river which flows into the eastern end of Loch Lomond, Scotland.

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  Clairinsh · 4.0 km

  Clairinsh or Clairinch is an island in Loch Lomond, central Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)