Banknock

8°CCloudy

• Today: 9° / 5° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:29Sunset 16:29

9h 0m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Falkirk Haggs, United Kingdom

79 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 103 casualties · 4.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

44 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cumbernauld (5.5 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£174,164 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across Falkirk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (4.7 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Power Networks Demonstration Centre, Wardpark (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

160,230 residents in Falkirk

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

6% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 16% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Euan Stainbank

Labour

Falkirk

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£741 median full-time weekly pay

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

£22,880 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 62% · Wind 37% · Solar 1% · Imports 0%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• 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 Falkirk:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government288 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth161 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK123 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately122 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills113 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• 
  Banknock railway station · 0.2 km

  Banknock railway station served the village of Banknock in Scotland. The station was served by trains on the lines from Kilsyth New to Bonnybridge.

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  Banknock · 0.3 km

  Banknock is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. The village is 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west-southwest of Falkirk, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) east-northeast of Kilsyth and 3.0 miles (4.8 km) north-northe…

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  Red Burn · 0.9 km

  The Red Burn is one of two main streams which flow out of Cumbernauld. The Scottish New Town’s name derives from the Gaelic for "the meeting of the waters" and there is broad agreement that one of these waters is the…

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  Braeface · 1.0 km

  Braeface is a village in Falkirk, Scotland.

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  Haggs · 1.1 km

  Haggs is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is situated 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south-west of Bonnybridge, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) north-northeast of Kilsyth and 2.0 miles (3.2 km) south-southw…

• Castlecary railway station · 1.1 km

  Castlecary railway station served the village of Castlecary, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1842 to 1967 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)