Holytown

15°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:38

12h 55m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · N Lanarkshire Motherwell, United Kingdom

206 reported road collisions (2024)

89 killed or seriously injured · 255 casualties · 6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

270 food businesses within 2 miles

• 246 passed
• 16 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Holytown (0.8 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£156,446 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across North Lanarkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (8.1 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

68 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: SSE plc (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Celebrating the people who make our communities stronger· 11 Sept 2026
• Plaque unveiled at Milton Court in memory of community champion· 11 Sept 2026
• 2026 Lanarkshire Business Awards finalists announced· 10 Sept 2026
• Excellent report for Coatbridge school· 10 Sept 2026
• Lanarkshire communities come together to talk about suicide prevention· 9 Sept 2026

Source: North Lanarkshire Council

343,930 residents in North Lanarkshire

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

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

Kenneth Stevenson

Labour

Airdrie and Shotts

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

46 jobs advertised · £35,488 avg

e.g. Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Holytown – Flexible Schedule, Restaurant Manager, 7.5 tonne Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 75% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 2%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Airdrie and Shotts:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s351 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership320 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office244 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth243 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test167 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Holytown · 0.3 km

  Holytown is a village situated to the east of Bellshill and north of Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of Carfin, Newarthill and New Stevenston which…

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  New Stevenston · 0.6 km

  New Stevenston is a village situated between Motherwell and Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of Carfin, Holytown and Newarthill which have a combined…

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  Holytown railway station · 0.8 km

  Holytown railway station is a railway station serving both Holytown and New Stevenston in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 13 miles (21 km) south east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh…

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  Taylor High School, New Stevenston · 1.2 km

  Taylor High School is a six-year Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school in New Stevenston, Motherwell, Scotland. It is named after Monsignor Thomas Nimmo Taylor who was Parish Priest at St. Francis Xavier Churc…

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  Eurocentral · 1.3 km

  Eurocentral is one of the largest industrial estates in Scotland, just off the M8 motorway, about 12 miles east of Glasgow city centre and 34 mi (55 km) west of Edinburgh. The nearest communities to the estate are Hol…

• Mossend EuroTerminal · 1.8 km

  Mossend EuroTerminal is a freight-handling station in Mossend. It is situated across the line from the Mossend Railhead.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)