Bothwell

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• Today: 14° / 8° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:20Sunset 16:39

9h 18m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

41US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

220 reported road collisions (2025)

104 killed or seriously injured · 296 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

467 food businesses within 2 miles

• 349 passed
• 36 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£186,196 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across South Lanarkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.7p · Asda (11.2 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

334,330 residents in South Lanarkshire

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

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

Michael Shanks

Labour

Rutherglen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

9 jobs advertised · £36,367 avg

e.g. Traffic Office Administrator, Retail Customer Service, Class 2 Multidrop

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutherglen:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government303 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth254 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK108 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after105 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately98 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  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.

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  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…

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  Kirklands Hospital · 0.8 km

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

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  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…

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  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…

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