Bellshill

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• Today: 17° / 10° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:44

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · N Lanarkshire Shawhead Coatbridge, United Kingdom

206 reported road collisions (2024)

89 killed or seriously injured · 255 casualties · 6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

324 food businesses within 2 miles

• 300 passed
• 15 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bellshill (0.5 km)
• 46 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£156,446 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across North Lanarkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (5.4 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

78 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: John Street (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Celebrating the people who make our communities stronger· 11 Sept 2026
• Plaque unveiled at Milton Court in memory of community champion· 11 Sept 2026
• 2026 Lanarkshire Business Awards finalists announced· 10 Sept 2026
• Excellent report for Coatbridge school· 10 Sept 2026
• Lanarkshire communities come together to talk about suicide prevention· 9 Sept 2026

Source: North Lanarkshire Council

343,930 residents in North Lanarkshire

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Scotland

13% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 34% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Frank McNally

Labour

Coatbridge and Bellshill

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens35
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

305 jobs advertised · £36,339 avg

e.g. Sheet Metal Worker, Electrician, Customer Expert - Public Sector

Source: Adzuna

£775 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,381 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Nuclear 35%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Coatbridge and Bellshill:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership296 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth247 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office217 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test201 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Bellshill Central Parish church · 0.3 km

  Bellshill Central Parish Church is a Parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving the areas of Bellshill town centre, Mossend, Milnwood and Orbiston. It is within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Hamilton.

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  Bellshill railway station · 0.5 km

  Bellshill railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and served by Argyle Line and Shotts Line services. The station is adjacent to B…

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  Bellshill · 0.6 km

  Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi (60 km) west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell 2 mi (3 km) to the south, Hamilton 3 mi (5 k…

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  Mossend · 0.7 km

  Mossend is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, located beside the town of Bellshill, west of the villages of Holytown and New Stevenston, north of the larger town of Motherwell and south of the Eurocentral indus…

• Bellshill railway station (North British Railway) · 1.0 km

  Bellshill railway station served the town of Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 1879 to 1951 on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.

• Sir Matt Busby Sports Complex · 1.0 km

  The Sir Matt Busby Sports Complex is a public leisure centre located in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is named in honour of Sir Matt Busby, the football manager who was born in Bellshill in 1909, managed…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)