Bo'ness

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• Today: 18° / 10° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:42

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Linlithgow High Street 2, United Kingdom

93 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 132 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

84 food businesses within 2 miles

• 73 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kinneil Halt (0.6 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£173,497 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across Falkirk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (10.8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Union Street Car Park, Borrowstounness (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds9

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

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

25 jobs advertised · £26,124 avg

e.g. Deputy Manager - Falkirk, Pharmacist, Trainee Driving Instructor - Boness, Falkirk, Scotland

Source: Adzuna

£741 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

• 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 Bathgate and Linlithgow:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s393 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership386 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office262 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test228 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth212 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Bo'ness · 0.5 km

  Borrowstounness, commonly known as Bo'ness, is a town and former burgh and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Historically part of the county of West Lothian, it now l…

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  Bo'ness Town Hall · 0.5 km

  Bo'ness Town Hall is a municipal building in Stewart Avenue, Bo'ness, Scotland. The structure, which was the meeting place of Bo'ness Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building.

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  Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness · 0.5 km

  The Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness is an early example of a purpose-built cinema and thought to be the oldest such building surviving in Scotland. The cinema, which opened in 1912, was built for the Bo'ness cinematograp…

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  Bo'ness Hospital · 0.6 km

  Bo'ness Hospital is a community hospital in Dean Road, Bo'ness, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Forth Valley.

• Kinneil railway station · 0.6 km

  Kinneil railway station, also known as Kinneil Halt, is a railway station in Bo'ness, Scotland. The station is a request stop to start the tour of the Kinneil nature reserve. It is located in the area previously occup…

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  Newtown Park, Bo'ness · 0.9 km

  Newtown Park is a football ground in Bo'ness, Scotland. It is currently the home ground of both Lowland League side Bo'ness United and club Bo'ness Athletic, and was previously the home ground of Bo'ness.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)