Paisley

9°CSunny

• Today: 9° / 4° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:30Sunset 16:31

9h 1m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

40US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Renfrewshire Johnston, United Kingdom

126 reported road collisions (2025)

63 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 6.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 443 passed
• 16 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Paisley Canal (1.1 km)
• 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£157,738 average▼ 5.2% YoY

Across Renfrewshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (7.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

86 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Glenburn Community Centre (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches35
• Playgrounds17

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)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

357 jobs advertised · £35,546 avg

e.g. 7.5t Delivery Driver, Reach FLT Driver, Decorator (Self-Employed)

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

Nuclear 56% · Wind 36% · Solar 8%

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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government306 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK124 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately96 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals82 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

• Riccartsbar Hospital · 0.5 km

  Riccartsbar Hospital was a mental health facility in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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  Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley · 0.5 km

  The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) is the main hospital in Paisley serving a large catchment area stretching all the way to Oban and Argyll. The hospital is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

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  Castlehead · 0.7 km

  Castlehead is a district of Paisley in Scotland. It is a heavily wooded area of Victorian villas where many of Paisley's most influential industrialists and professionals made their homes as a nineteenth-century indus…

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  Castlehead High School · 0.8 km

  Castlehead High School is a non-denominational, mixed state secondary school in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It was opened in 1971. In 1989, John Neilson High School merged into Castlehead High School.

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  Potterhill railway station · 0.9 km

  Potterhill railway station was a railway station to the south of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway's short-lived Barrhead Branch.

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  Paisley West railway station · 1.0 km

  Paisley West railway station was a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Paisley Canal Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)