Wemyss Bay

16°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 12° · 92% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverclyde Greenock A8, United Kingdom

48 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 67 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wemyss Bay (0.0 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£109,131 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Inverclyde · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Morrisons (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (11.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Wemyss Bay Station (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

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)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £37,440 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver

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 79% · Nuclear 15% · Solar 6%

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:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test326 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s316 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership276 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office252 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Improve funding, pay & professional recognition for the Early Years workforce175 local signatures · 26,823 nationwide

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

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  Wemyss Bay railway station · 0.1 km

  Wemyss Bay railway station serves the village of Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the Inverclyde Line, about 26 miles (42 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station incorporates the Caledon…

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  Skelmorlie · 0.4 km

  Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire in the southwest of Scotland. Although it is the northernmost settlement in the council area of North Ayrshire it is contiguous with Wemyss Bay, which is in Inverclyde, and ha…

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  Wemyss Bay · 0.9 km

  Wemyss Bay is a village on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the traditional county of Renfrewshire. It is adjacent to Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire. The tow…

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  Castle Wemyss · 1.7 km

  Castle Wemyss was a large mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland. It stood on the southern shore of the Firth of Clyde at Wemyss Point, where the firth turns southwards.

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  Inverkip power station · 2.6 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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  Meigle, North Ayrshire · 2.7 km

  Meigle or Meagle is a hamlet on the Meigle Burn in North Ayrshire, Parish of Largs, Scotland. The settlement lies close to the road to Greenock and is named after the bay where the Skelmorlie Burn flows into the Firth…

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