Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood

7°CSunny

• Today: 9° / 3° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:28Sunset 16:30

9h 2m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · N Lanarkshire Motherwell, 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)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Clyde Valley Station (4.6 km)
• 24 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 (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Hunters Way (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds8

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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 58% · Wind 36% · Solar 6%

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

• Blackwood, South Lanarkshire · 0.4 km

  Blackwood is a village which borders Kirkmuirhill, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland. It has a few small shops, a Roman Catholic church and a couple of primary schools.

• Kirkmuirhill · 0.5 km

  Kirkmuirhill is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It borders Blackwood, near Lanark and is sited near Junction 9 of the M74 motorway.

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  Auchenheath railway station · 1.3 km

  Auchenheath railway station was just outside Auchenheath, a hamlet in the county of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on the Coalburn Branch south of Glasgow.

• Cartland, South Lanarkshire · 1.7 km

  Cartland is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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  Auchenheath · 1.7 km

  Auchenheath is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the River Nethan and is located near Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill, and Lanark.

• Draffan · 1.8 km

  Draffan is a hamlet in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Larkhall and 1-mile (1.6 km) east of the M74 motorway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)