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Bothwell

Bothwell is a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of around 6,410. It has around 1 pharmacy and around 10 restaurants and cafés, along with 13 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Blantyre, 1.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bothwell area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Lanarkshire area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
South Lanarkshire
County
Lanarkshire
Constituency
Lanark and Hamilton East
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 87% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

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

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Raith Interchange 2, United Kingdom

Road safety

253 reported road collisions (2024)

114 killed or seriously injured · 379 casualties · 7.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

464 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 351 passed
  • 40 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Blantyre (1.4 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Blantyre (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£186,771 average 6.4% YoY

Across South Lanarkshire · to 2026-06

Detached£388,010
Semi-detached£225,031
Terraced£164,347
Flat£105,299

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (1.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (1.9 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

78 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Roadchef Bothwell Services (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches15
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

334,330 residents in South Lanarkshire

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in Scotland

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

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Michael Shanks

Labour

Rutherglen

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 24
  • Con 5
  • LD 3
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 25

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens43
  • Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

41 jobs advertised · £33,926 avg

e.g. Lettings Property Manager, Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Bothwell – Flexible Schedule, Operations Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£798 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,682 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 86% · Nuclear 11% · Solar 3%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutherglen:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bothwell railway station · 0.1 km

    Bothwell railway station served the village of Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1878 to 1955 on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.

  • Bothwell · 0.3 km

    Bothwell is a conservation village in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland and part of the Greater Glasgow area. It lies on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, 9 miles (14…

  • Kirklands Hospital · 0.8 km

    Kirklands Hospital is a mental health facility in Bothwell, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire.

  • David Livingstone Birthplace Museum · 1.0 km

    The David Livingstone Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, dedicated to the life and work of the explorer and missionary David Livingstone. The museum is operated by the…

  • Battle of Bothwell Bridge · 1.2 km

    The Battle of Bothwell Bridge was fought on 22 June 1679 during the Covenanter rebellion of 1679. It was fought between government troops and militant Presbyterian Covenanters, and signalled the end of their brief reb…

  • Bothwell Bridge Lido · 1.3 km

    Bothwell Bridge Lido was a lido on the south-west side of Bothwell Bridge in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The lido was opened in the 1930s and was in use until the early 1980s, when much of the area was buil…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Bothwell?
Bothwell is a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the South Lanarkshire local authority.
What is the population of Bothwell?
Bothwell has an approximate settlement population of 6,410.
How deprived is Bothwell?
The South Lanarkshire local authority, which includes Bothwell, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.