Lesmahagow

10°CMist

• Today: 16° / 9° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:40

12h 59m 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 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)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 passed
• 8 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Clyde Valley Station (6.6 km)
• 10 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: 169.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (8.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Lesmahagow (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds7

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

44 jobs advertised · £35,754 avg

e.g. Online Computer science Tutoring Job in Lesmahagow – Flexible Schedule, Become a Computer science Tutor in Boghead – Flexible & Remote, Press Brake Operator

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 51% · Nuclear 49%

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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  Lesmahagow · 0.1 km

  Lesmahagow is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of moorland near Lanark. It is also known as Abbey Green or the Gow. The town lies in the historic county of Lanarkshire.

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  Birkwood Castle · 0.4 km

  Birkwood Castle, also known as Birkwood House, is a castellated Gothic Revival country house situated in the Greenholm village area of Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Built originally as a small Georgian mano…

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  Lesmahagow F.C. · 0.6 km

  Lesmahagow Junior Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the town of Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, located just off the M74 motorway approximately 25 miles south of Glasgow.

• Lesmahagow railway station · 0.7 km

  Lesmahagow railway station served the town of Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 1905 to 1965 on the Blackwood Junction to Alton Heights Junction Line.

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  Lesmahagow High School · 0.7 km

  Lesmahagow High School is a non-denominational secondary school in Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The new school building opened in 2007. The current head teacher is Barbara Lee. The school has four deputy h…

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  Lesmahagow Railway · 0.8 km

  The Lesmahagow Railway, south of Glasgow in Scotland, was developed by a company known as The Lesmahagow Branches. It was not an independent company in the usual sense. It was a financially independent, self-contained…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)