Morningside

3°CMist

• Today: 9° / 3° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:30Sunset 16:27

8h 58m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · N Lanarkshire Chapelhall, United Kingdom

208 reported road collisions (2025)

88 killed or seriously injured · 267 casualties · 6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

106 food businesses within 2 miles

• 96 passed
• 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wishaw (3.7 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£161,163 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across North Lanarkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (8.1 km)

4 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)

• Helping people and families facing homelessness· 4 Nov 2026
• Tenants come together to shape the future of housing· 3 Nov 2026
• Success for team targeting illegal tobacco trade· 29 Oct 2026
• Black History Month event celebrates diversity and looks to the future· 28 Oct 2026
• Coatbridge museum seeks people featured in portrait project· 28 Oct 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)

10,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £7,800 avg

e.g. Night Replenishment, Supermarket Assistant - Christmas

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 58% · Nuclear 42%

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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government300 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth243 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules156 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK122 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately113 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• 
  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

  Morningside railway station served the village of Morningside, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1844 to 1930 on the Wishaw and Coltness 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)