Inverkip

3°CClear

• Today: 9° / 3° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:34Sunset 16:31

8h 57m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Greenock A8 Roadside, United Kingdom

39 reported road collisions (2025)

17 killed or seriously injured · 51 casualties · 5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Inverkip (0.1 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£114,526 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Inverclyde · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: EVC Kip Marina (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

78,550 residents in Inverclyde

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in Scotland

32% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 45% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Martin McCluskey

Labour

Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £37,634 avg

e.g. Nursery Housekeeper, Early Years Practitioner, Chaplain - Roman Catholic (Part time), HMP Greenock

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,919 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 satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government289 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK158 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth138 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately114 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases79 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Inverkip · 0.1 km

  Inverkip is a village and parish in the Inverclyde council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland, 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Greenock and 8.1 miles (13 km) north of Largs o…

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  Inverkip railway station · 0.1 km

  Inverkip railway station serves the village of Inverkip, Inverclyde, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line, located 28+3⁄4 miles (46.3 km) west of Glasgow Central.

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  Kip Water, Inverclyde · 0.4 km

  Kip Water, also known as the River Kip, is a short river in Inverclyde, Scotland which gives the village of Inverkip its name. It originates at Cornalees in the hills between Inverkip and Greenock and runs through Shi…

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  Ardgowan Castle · 1.0 km

  Ardgowan Castle, originally called Inverkip Castle, is located in the Private Garden of "Ardgowan House, Castle & Gardens" near Inverkip, Scotland. It is near the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde, in the former county of…

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  Ardgowan House · 1.2 km

  Ardgowan House, Castle & Gardens is a privately owned late 18th-century mansion on the Firth of Clyde near Inverkip, Scotland. Ardgowan is located in Inverclyde, in the former county of Renfrewshire. The Ardgowan Esta…

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  Inverkip power station · 1.3 km

  Inverkip power station was an oil-fired power station on the Inverclyde coast, Firth of Clyde, west coast of Scotland. It was closer to Wemyss Bay than Inverkip, and dominated the local area with its 236 m (774 ft) ch…

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