Crossford (South Lanarkshire)

11°COvercast

• Today: 13° / 10° · 75% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:51

13h 17m 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 · South Lanarkshire Lanark, United Kingdom

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)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 passed
• 5 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Clyde Valley Station (0.9 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£186,771 average▲ 6.4% YoY

Across South Lanarkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (7.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Carluke Park & Ride, Station Road, Carluke (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds4

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

Imogen Walker

Labour

Hamilton and Clyde Valley

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £37,500 avg

e.g. Restaurant Customer Advisor, Restaurant Team Leader, Associate Dentist

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 75% · Nuclear 25%

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 Hamilton and Clyde Valley:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership343 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s317 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office249 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth212 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test181 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Crossford, South Lanarkshire · 0.1 km

  Crossford is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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  River Nethan · 0.1 km

  The River Nethan is a river which flows between Glenbuck in East Ayrshire and Crossford, South Lanarkshire where it feeds into the River Clyde, with the town of Lesmahagow and surrounding villages sitting on the river…

• Nethan Gorge · 0.9 km

  Nethan Gorge is a natural gorge carved by the River Nethan, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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  Craignethan Castle · 1.1 km

  Craignethan Castle is a ruined castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located above the River Nethan, a tributary of the River Clyde, at NS816464. The castle is two miles west of the village of Crossford, and 4.…

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  Tower of Hallbar · 1.4 km

  The Tower of Hallbar, also known as Hallbar Tower and Braidwood Castle, is a 16th-century tower house, located to the west of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The tower is situated above the Braidwood B…

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  Tillietudlem · 1.5 km

  Tillietudlem is a fictional castle in Walter Scott's 1816 novel Old Mortality, and a modern settlement in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)