Linwood

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 10° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:46

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Renfrewshire Johnston, United Kingdom

137 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 193 casualties · 7.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

300 food businesses within 2 miles

• 262 passed
• 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Johnstone (1.7 km)
• 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£162,655 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Renfrewshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · ESSO (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (1.8 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Linestone Housing, Belmar Court, Linwood (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

189,270 residents in Renfrewshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Scotland

15% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 25% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Johanna Baxter

Labour

Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,095 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

47 jobs advertised · £34,973 avg

e.g. Electrician, Personal Assistant for Charles in Linwood, Sheet Metal Worker

Source: Adzuna

£797 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,200 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 87% · Nuclear 10% · Solar 3%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• 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 Paisley and Renfrewshire South:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s389 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office237 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test184 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Linwood, Renfrewshire · 0.6 km

  Linwood is a town in Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland, 14 miles west of Glasgow. It is about 1+1⁄2 miles northeast of Johnstone and west of Paisley close to the Black Cart Water and the A737 road.

• Linwood High School · 1.0 km

  Linwood High School is a non-denominational comprehensive state secondary school in Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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  St. Benedict's High School · 1.2 km

  St Benedict's High School is a Catholic high school in Linwood, Renfrewshire, in the west of Scotland.

• 
  Paisley and Renfrewshire North · 1.3 km

  Paisley and Renfrewshire North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented since 2024 by Alison Taylor of Scottish Labour. It was created for the 2005 general election…

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  Elderslie railway station · 1.6 km

  Elderslie railway station was a railway station serving the west of Elderslie, Scotland, originally as part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

• Johnstone North railway station · 1.6 km

  Johnstone North railway station was a railway station serving the town of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland as part of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)