Waterfoot

10°CFog

• Today: 16° / 10° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:42

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

54US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glasgow Nithsdale Road, 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)

158 food businesses within 2 miles

• 144 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Busby (1.8 km)
• 4 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (9.6 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

68 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Mary Young Place Car Park (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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

Blair McDougall

Labour

East Renfrewshire

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)

• Schools7
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

23 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Social sciences Tutor - Part Time, Online French Tutor - Part Time, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Waterfoot – Flexible Schedule

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

Nuclear 60% · Wind 41%

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 East Renfrewshire:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s454 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership257 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office197 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test169 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth152 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  Waterfoot, East Renfrewshire · 0.6 km

  Waterfoot is a hamlet in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is on the B767 road between Clarkston and Eaglesham, which are 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north and south respectively, while Newton Mearns is about 2 miles (3 km)…

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  Williamwood High School · 0.9 km

  Williamwood High School is a non-denominational state secondary school in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. As of 2024, the school contained 1678 pupils out of a capacity of 1710, making it one of the biggest st…

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  Mearns Castle · 1.6 km

  Mearns Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, south of Glasgow, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. The castle has been restored and is now part of the Maxwell Mearns Castl…

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  Busby, East Renfrewshire · 1.7 km

  Busby is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Busby is in the Greater Glasgow urban area, but is administratively separate from Glasgow. It lies on the White Cart Water six miles south of Glasgow city centre and…

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  Busby railway station · 1.8 km

  Busby railway station is a railway station serving the village of Busby, East Renfrewshire. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the East Kilbride–Glasgow Central line.

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  A726 road · 1.9 km

  The A726 road in Scotland is a major route with several distinct sections with different characteristics and names; owing to its stages of construction, since 2005 it has two separate parts, the first running between…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)