Grangemouth

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 9° / 2° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:24Sunset 16:32

9h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Falkirk Grangemouth MC, 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)

212 food businesses within 2 miles

• 189 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Polmont (3.0 km)
• 5 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 (1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Grangemouth Sports Complex (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds13

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

Brian Leishman

Labour

Alloa and Grangemouth

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

79 jobs advertised · £36,473 avg

e.g. Class 1 Tramper, Payroll Senior, Class 1 Driver

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

99% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 60% · Wind 35% · Solar 5% · Imports 1%

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 Alloa and Grangemouth:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government250 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth207 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK129 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately105 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases104 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Grangemouth Municipal Buildings · 0.8 km

  Grangemouth Municipal Buildings, also known as Grangemouth Municipal Chambers, is a municipal structure in Bo'ness Road, Grangemouth, Scotland. The structure was the headquarters of Grangemouth Burgh Council.

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  Grangemouth Town Hall · 0.9 km

  Grangemouth Town Hall is a municipal structure in Bo'ness Road, Grangemouth, Scotland. The structure was the meeting place of Grangemouth Burgh Council until 1937 and remains the main events venue in the area.

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  Grangemouth · 0.9 km

  Grangemouth is a town in the Falkirk council area in the central belt of Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, three miles e…

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  Grangemouth TMD · 1.4 km

  Grangemouth TMD was a traction maintenance depot located in Grangemouth, Scotland. The depot was situated on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and was near Falkirk Grahamston station.

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  Ineos Grangemouth · 1.7 km

  Ineos Grangemouth is a petrochemical complex located adjacent the closed Grangemouth Refinery on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland.

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  Grangemouth Refinery · 1.7 km

  Grangemouth Refinery was an oil refinery complex located on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland, built by BP but latterly operated by Petroineos. It was the only operating crude oil refinery in Scotland, and w…

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