Bellshill

5°CClear

• Today: 11° / 4° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 2° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:22Sunset 16:36

9h 14m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · N Lanarkshire Shawhead Coatbridge, United Kingdom

208 reported road collisions (2025)

88 killed or seriously injured · 267 casualties · 6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

321 food businesses within 2 miles

• 289 passed
• 21 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£161,163 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across North Lanarkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (5 km)

11 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)

• Success for team targeting illegal tobacco trade· 29 Oct 2026
• Black History Month event celebrates diversity and looks to the future· 28 Oct 2026
• Coatbridge museum seeks people featured in portrait project· 28 Oct 2026
• Remembrance Events 2026· 27 Oct 2026
• Exhibition exploring the legacy of empire opens at Summerlee Museum· 27 Oct 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)

10,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

255 jobs advertised · £35,562 avg

e.g. Senior Project Manager, Commercial Gas Engineer, HGV Class 1 Driver

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 61% · Nuclear 39%

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:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth247 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government192 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately98 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK97 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals60 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

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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)