Dirleton

15°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 12° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:42

13h 9m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

74US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · East Lothian Musselburgh N High St, United Kingdom

61 reported road collisions (2024)

23 killed or seriously injured · 78 casualties · 5.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: North Berwick (3.4 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£280,383 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across East Lothian · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Esso (2.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (2.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Dirleton Castle Car Park Charger, Dirleton (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,460 residents in East Lothian

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Mr Douglas Alexander

Labour (Co-op)

Lothian East

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,120 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 73% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 7%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lothian East:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s350 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership349 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings300 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test200 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office190 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Dirleton Kirk · 0.3 km

  Dirleton Kirk is a church in the village of Dirleton, in East Lothian, Scotland.

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  Dirleton · 0.3 km

  Dirleton is a village and civil parish in East Lothian, Scotland approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of Edinburgh on the A198. It contains 7,500 acres (30 km2). Dirleton lies between North Berwick (east), Gullane (wes…

• Archerfield Estate and Links · 1.6 km

  The Archerfield estate is an estate in the parish of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland, now operated as a golfing resort. It includes a country house and two golf courses, as well as accommodation, a restaurant and a…

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  Dirleton railway station · 1.8 km

  Dirleton railway station was a railway station on the North Berwick Branch of the North British Railway in East Lothian, Scotland. It was an intermediate station on the branch line from Drem.

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  Renaissance Club · 1.8 km

  The Renaissance Club is a golf club in Scotland, four miles (10 km) west of North Berwick, twenty miles (30 km) east of Edinburgh. It hosted the 2017 Scottish Senior Open,the Scottish Open from 2019 to 2026, and the L…

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  Yellowcraig · 2.0 km

  Yellowcraig, also known as Broad Sands Beach, is a coastal area of forest, beach and grassland in East Lothian, south-east Scotland. Yellowcraig is partly within the Firth of Forth Site of Special Scientific Interest…

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