Edinburgh

17°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 12° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:35

12h 55m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Edinburgh Salamander 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)

346 food businesses within 2 miles

• 293 passed
• 25 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newcraighall (0.5 km)
• 27 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: 158.7p · Asda (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.3 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

115 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 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)

3,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4,229 jobs advertised · £42,443 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Pipefitter, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

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 77% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 4%

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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership617 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s276 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test172 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Review anti-discrimination laws to strengthen trans women & LGBTQ+ protections161 local signatures · 27,351 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office160 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

• 
  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 from 1045 to 1093.

• 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)