Stow (Scottish Borders)

12°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 9° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:42

13h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

87 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 141 casualties · 7.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stow (0.4 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£191,555 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Scottish Borders · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Asda (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Asda (8.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Stow Station (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,800 residents in Scottish Borders

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

John Lamont

Conservative

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£708 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,427 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 82% · Nuclear 17% · Solar 2%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s275 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office207 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills153 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test143 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Stow of Wedale Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Stow of Wedale Town Hall is a municipal building in Earlston Road, Stow of Wedale, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The structure, which serves as a community events venue, is a Category B listed building.

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  Stow of Wedale · 0.1 km

  Stow of Wedale, or more often Stow, is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 7 miles north of Galashiels. In the 2011 Census the population was 718. It is served by Stow railway station.

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  Stow railway station · 0.4 km

  Stow is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 26 miles 45 chains (43 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Lauder and v…

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  Bow Castle Broch · 2.8 km

  Bow Castle is the remains of an iron-age broch near the Gala Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the parish of Stow. It is a scheduled monument.

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  Allanshaws · 4.0 km

  Allanshaws is a place and farm off the B6362, in Lauderdale, by the Allan Water, in the parish of Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, formerly part of Roxburghshire.

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  Bowland railway station · 4.4 km

  Bowland railway station was a railway station in the village of Bowland, near Galashiels, Scotland. Located on the now closed Waverley Route, it was opened to passengers on 4 August 1848, closing to passengers on 7 De…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)