Brightons, Redding and Maddiston

15°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 9° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:40

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Grangemouth, 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)

159 food businesses within 2 miles

• 133 passed
• 5 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Polmont (0.7 km)
• 25 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 (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (4.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Polmont Station (West) Station Lane (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds33

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

98% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 66% · Wind 31% · Imports 2% · Biomass 0%

1 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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s401 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership377 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office285 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth161 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test139 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  HMYOI Polmont · 0.4 km

  His Majesty's Young Offenders Institution Polmont is the largest young offender's institution in Scotland. It is located in the village of Reddingmuirhead.

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  Brightons · 0.5 km

  Brightons is a village in the east of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south-east of Falkirk, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of Grangemouth and 4.6 miles (7.4 km) west of Linlithgow. It is surr…

• Falkirk Braes · 0.6 km

  The Falkirk Braes is a geographical and sociopolitical entity within the Falkirk local authority area in Scotland. The population is approximately 32,000 (2018), about 20% of the total for Falkirk council area.

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  Polmont railway station · 0.7 km

  Polmont railway station is a railway station serving the village of Polmont, Scotland as well as the other Falkirk Braes villages. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by ScotR…

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  Redding, Falkirk · 0.9 km

  Redding is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. The village is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) southeast of Falkirk, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south-southwest of Grangemouth and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Polmont.

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  Reddingmuirhead · 0.9 km

  Reddingmuirhead is a village located in Stirlingshire, Falkirk council area, Central Scotland. A few hundred yards uphill from the village of Redding, it is between Shieldhill and Brightons.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)