Edinburgh

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:25Sunset 16:26

9h 1m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

69 reported road collisions (2025)

24 killed or seriously injured · 80 casualties · 5.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

347 food businesses within 2 miles

• 293 passed
• 24 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newcraighall (0.5 km)
• 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£286,314 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across East Lothian · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (10.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

113 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Newcraighall Railway Station, Newcraighall (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds20

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

Chris Murray

Labour

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools8
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens427
• Restaurants & cafés35

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,880 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3,483 jobs advertised · £41,234 avg

e.g. Care Team Leader (Team Facilitator), Asbestos Project Manager, Senior Quantity Surveyor

Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

Nuclear 52% · Wind 49%

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 Edinburgh East and Musselburgh:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks309 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government178 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after163 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth153 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills132 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• 
  Newcraighall · 0.4 km

  Newcraighall is a South-Eastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. A former mining village, its prosperity was based on the Midlothian coalfields. The Newcraighall pit was known as 'Klondyke' and closed in the 1960s, work…

• Newhailes railway station · 0.5 km

  Newhailes railway station, also known as Newhailes Junction, served the town of Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland from 1859 to 1950.

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  Newcraighall railway station · 0.5 km

  Newcraighall is a railway station on the Borders Railway in Scotland, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated close to the A1 road 4 miles 54 chains (8 km) south-east of Edinburgh Wa…

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  Musselburgh railway station · 0.6 km

  Musselburgh railway station serves the town of Musselburgh, in East Lothian, Scotland. It was opened by British Rail in 1988; it lies on the East Coast Main Line, 5+1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) east of Edinburgh Waverley, and t…

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  Queen Margaret University · 0.6 km

  Queen Margaret University (QMU) is a public university in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. It is named after Saint Margaret, Queen consort of Alba.

• Niddrie railway station · 0.8 km

  Niddrie railway station served the suburb of Niddrie, Edinburgh, Scotland from 1843 to 1950 on the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)