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Plains

Plains is a village in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of around 2,740. It has 3 schools and 1 restaurant and café, along with 19 bus stops and Drumgelloch railway station 1.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Plains area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Lanarkshire area is more deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
North Lanarkshire
County
Lanarkshire
Constituency
Airdrie and Shotts
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

3°CMist

  • Today: 9° / 3° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:28Sunset 16:29

9h 1m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Falkirk Grangemouth MC, United Kingdom

Road safety

208 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

86 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 82 passed
  • 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Drumgelloch (2.1 km)
  • 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Caldercruix (2.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£161,163 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across North Lanarkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£326,341
Semi-detached£190,994
Terraced£150,153
Flat£94,283

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (6.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (6.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Lidl-Airdrie (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: North Lanarkshire Council

Population

343,930 residents in North Lanarkshire

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Your MP

Kenneth Stevenson

Labour

Airdrie and Shotts

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 57% · Wind 43%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Airdrie and Shotts:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Plains railway station · 0.2 km

    Plains railway station served the village of Plains, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1882 to 1951 on the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway.

  • Plains, North Lanarkshire · 0.5 km

    Plains is a village outside the town of Airdrie, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 14 miles east of Glasgow city centre and 32 miles (51 km) west of Edinburgh. The nearest major towns are Airdrie and Coatbridge. T…

  • Wester Moffat Hospital · 1.7 km

    Wester Moffat Hospital is a health facility in Towers Road, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire. It is a Category B listed building.

  • Arbuckle railway station · 1.8 km

    Arbuckle railway station served the village of Arbuckle in the Scottish county of North Lanarkshire. The station was the meeting point of two early railway companies.

  • Whiterigg railway station · 1.9 km

    Whiterigg railway station served the village of Maddiston, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 1862 to 1930 on the Slamannan Railway.

  • Glen Flagler distillery · 1.9 km

    Glen Flagler distillery was a Lowland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Plains?
Plains is a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the North Lanarkshire local authority.
What is the population of Plains?
Plains has an approximate settlement population of 2,740.
How deprived is Plains?
The North Lanarkshire local authority, which includes Plains, is more deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.