Bo'ness

4°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 3° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:25Sunset 16:30

9h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Linlithgow High Street 2, 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)

84 food businesses within 2 miles

• 71 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

£174,164 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across Falkirk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (6.3 km)

2 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)

4,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

12 jobs advertised · £49,012 avg

e.g. (URGENT)Associate Dentist NHS & Private | Bo'ness, Vehicle Technician / Mechanic, Funeral Service Operative

Source: Adzuna

£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

• 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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government317 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth212 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately107 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills106 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK102 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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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 Lowland League side Bo'ness United, and was previously the home ground of Bo'ness and Bo'ness Athletic

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)