Newarthill

14°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 10° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:43

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

4US 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)

160 food businesses within 2 miles

• 149 passed
• 7 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Carfin (1.4 km)
• 22 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 (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (10.1 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

56 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Edinburgh Road (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

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)

• Schools5
• Parks & greens17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £25,680 avg

e.g. Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Newarthill – Flexible Schedule, Online Physics Tutor - Part Time, Receptionist

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 85% · Nuclear 13% · 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

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  Newarthill · 0.7 km

  Newarthill is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated roughly three miles north-east of the town of Motherwell. It has a population of around 6,200. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent village…

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  Carfin railway station · 1.4 km

  Carfin railway station is a railway station serving both Carfin and Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Glasgow Central railway station on the Shotts Line between Glasgow and…

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  Brannock High School · 1.5 km

  Brannock High School is a non-denominational, co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Newarthill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated on Loanhead Road. It guides learners throughout Scotland's nationa…

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  Carfin Grotto · 1.6 km

  Carfin Lourdes Grotto is a Catholic shrine in Scotland dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and created in the early twentieth century. The "Carfin Grotto", as the shrine is locally termed, was the brainchild of Canon Tho…

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  Motherwell (district) · 1.8 km

  Motherwell was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south-east of the regional capital Glasgow.

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  Monklands (district) · 1.8 km

  Monklands was, between 1975 and 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)