Ferniegair

4°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 2° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:26Sunset 16:32

9h 6m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Hamilton, 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)

450 food businesses within 2 miles

• 331 passed
• 45 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chatelherault (0.4 km)
• 10 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: 167.7p · Asda (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Chatelherault Station, Hamilton (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches7
• 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

Imogen Walker

Labour

Hamilton and Clyde Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

70 jobs advertised · £34,873 avg

e.g. Senior Project Manager, Support Worker, Support Practitioner (Driver)

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

Nuclear 59% · Wind 41%

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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government371 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth213 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK133 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately113 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after89 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

• Ferniegair · 0.1 km

  Ferniegair is a village across the Avon Water from Hamilton, on the A72 road to Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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  Chatelherault railway station · 0.4 km

  Chatelherault railway station serves the villages of Ferniegair and Allanton on the outskirts of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is named Chatelherault after the nearby Chatelherault Country Park.

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  Chatelherault Country Park · 0.7 km

  Chatelherault Country Park is a country park in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located in the village of Ferniegair, 1+1⁄4 miles from Hamilton town centre. On the west side of the park, runs the Avon, a…

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  Cadzow Castle · 1.0 km

  Cadzow Castle, now in ruins, was constructed between 1500 and 1550 at a site one mile south-east of the centre of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The earlier medieval settlement of Hamilton was formerly known a…

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  Barncluith · 1.1 km

  Barncluith is an area of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Barncluith forms the south-eastern part of the town, between the urban centre and the Avon Water. It lies either side of Carlisle Road (A72), which lea…

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  A723 road · 1.5 km

  The A723 road in Scotland runs through South Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire, serving as a main route within Strathaven, Hamilton and Motherwell, facilitating access to the M74 motorway and M8 motorway for the commu…

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