Douglas

14°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 12° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:37

12h 54m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US 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)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 13 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)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Braehead Car Park, Main Street, Douglas (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds5

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

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 & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

33 jobs advertised · £52,138 avg

e.g. Trainee Pest Control Technician, Online Law Tutoring Job in Douglas – Flexible Schedule, Sales Colleague

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

• 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 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership277 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills161 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years116 local signatures · 54,314 nationwide

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

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  Douglas, South Lanarkshire · 0.6 km

  Douglas is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland, to Edinburgh on the East, around 12 miles so…

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  Lady Home Hospital · 1.1 km

  Lady Home Hospital is a health facility in Ayr Road, Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire.

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  Douglas West railway station · 1.6 km

  Douglas West railway station served the village of Douglas West, South Lanarkshire in Scotland between 1896 and 1964.

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  Douglas Castle · 2.0 km

  Douglas Castle was a stronghold of the Douglas family from medieval times to the 20th century. The first castle, erected in the 13th century, was destroyed and replaced several times until the 18th century when a larg…

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  Glespin · 3.0 km

  Glespin is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the A70, east of Muirkirk and west of Douglas.

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  Lanarkshire · 3.9 km

  Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark, is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland. The county is no longer used for local government…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)