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Cleland

Cleland is a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of around 3,000. It has one pharmacy, around 2 restaurants and cafés, and 17 bus stops, with the nearest railway station being Cleland, 0.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cleland area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Lanarkshire area is more deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
North Lanarkshire
County
Lanarkshire
Constituency
Motherwell and Wishaw
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

7°CCloudy

  • Today: 9° / 3° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:28Sunset 16:29

9h 2m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · N Lanarkshire Chapelhall, United Kingdom

Road safety

208 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

217 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 203 passed
  • 7 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cleland (0.3 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cleland (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£161,163 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across North Lanarkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£326,341
Semi-detached£190,994
Terraced£150,153
Flat£94,283

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (9.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

43 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Dalziel Park Hotel and Golf Club (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: North Lanarkshire Council

Population

343,930 residents in North Lanarkshire

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Your MP

Kenneth Stevenson

Labour

Airdrie and Shotts

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

19 jobs advertised · £20,553 avg

e.g. Year in Industry - Manufacturing, Clerical Assistant (Part Time)(Term Time)(Temporary) REQ06836 - 494611, Driver Bulk ADR CE YR1

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 62% · Wind 37% · Solar 1% · Imports 0%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Airdrie and Shotts:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cleland, North Lanarkshire · 0.0 km

    Cleland is a village near Motherwell and Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland,. As of 2018, it has a population of about 3,000. The village has a strong coal mining heritage, and is a typical example of a working cla…

  • Cleland railway station · 0.3 km

    Cleland railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cleland, near Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Built on the Cleland and Midcalder Line it was originally named 'Omoa', after the nearby iro…

  • Cleland (Old) railway station · 0.4 km

    Cleland (Old) railway station was opened in 1867 on the Cleland to Morningside Junction line that had opened in 1864. The extension of the Cleland Branch on the line of the old Wishaw and Coltness Railway joined the C…

  • Cleland Hospital · 0.5 km

    Cleland Hospital is a health facility in Auchinlea Drive, Cleland, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire.

  • Motherwell (district) · 1.0 km

    Motherwell was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south-east of the regional capital Glasgow.

  • Coltness · 1.4 km

    Coltness is the largest suburb of the town of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The 2001 census indicated a population of almost 4,500.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Cleland?
Cleland is a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the North Lanarkshire local authority.
What is the population of Cleland?
Cleland has an approximate settlement population of 3,000.
How deprived is Cleland?
The North Lanarkshire local authority, which includes Cleland, is more deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.