East Fortune

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 11° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:39

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Cupar, 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)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 5 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Drem (3.8 km)
• 2 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: 169.9p · Asda (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (7.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Main Street, Athelstaneford (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

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

Labour (minority)

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

• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

• 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

• East Fortune · 0.2 km

  East Fortune is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, located 2 miles (3 km) north west of East Linton. The area is known for its airfield which was constructed in 1915 to help protect Britain from attack by German Zep…

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  RAF East Fortune · 0.8 km

  Royal Air Force East Fortune, or more simply RAF East Fortune, is a former Royal Air Force station located just south of the village of East Fortune. It is a short distance east of Edinburgh, in Scotland. RAF East For…

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  East Fortune railway station · 1.0 km

  East Fortune railway station served the village of East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland from 1848 to 1970 on the North British Railway Main Line.

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  National Museum of Flight · 1.1 km

  The National Museum of Flight is Scotland's national aviation museum, at East Fortune Airfield, just south of the village of East Fortune, Scotland. It is one of the museums within National Museums Scotland.

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  Waughton Castle · 2.4 km

  Waughton Castle is a ruined castle, dating from the fourteenth century, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of East Linton, and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Whitekirk in East Lothian, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument.

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  Athelstaneford · 2.5 km

  Athelstaneford is a village in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies 3.5 miles north-east of the market town of Haddington and about 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Edinburgh.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)