Morningside

10°CFog

• Today: 16° / 9° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:40

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · N Lanarkshire Chapelhall, 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)

103 food businesses within 2 miles

• 97 passed
• 5 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wishaw (3.7 km)
• 6 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: 187.9p · Morrisons (11.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Newmains Filling Station (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds7

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)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £17,888 avg

e.g. Online Physics Tutor - Part Time, Online Physics Tutoring Job in Morningside – Flexible Schedule, Become a Primary school Tutor in Morningside – Flexible & Remote

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 70% · Nuclear 31%

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

• 
  Morningside, North Lanarkshire · 0.2 km

  Morningside is a small town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located around 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) south of Newmains, and 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) east of Wishaw. Morningside's population is 1,090 people. It is a former c…

• Morningside railway station (Caledonian) · 0.3 km

  Millcastle Racecourse railway station served the village of Millcastle, North Stepfordshire, Scotland from 1844 to 1930 on the Faymere and Northshore Railway.

• Morningside railway station (Lanarkshire) · 0.3 km

  Morningside railway station served the village of Morningside, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1844 to 1930 on the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway.

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  Newmains United Community F.C. · 1.0 km

  Newmains United Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the village of Newmains, near the towns of Wishaw and Motherwell. They play their home games at Victoria Park and compete in the West of Scotland Lea…

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  Newmains · 1.0 km

  Newmains is a village and former mining community on the eastern edge of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Glasgow.

• Newmains railway station · 1.1 km

  Newmains railway station served the village of Newmains, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1867 to 1930 on the Cleland to Morningside Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)