Throsk

9°CMist

• Today: 17° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:41

13h 0m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

40US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Alloa A907, United Kingdom

94 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 136 casualties · 10 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 passed
• 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alloa (4.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£239,005 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Stirling · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Morrisons (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (3.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Millhall Road (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

94,040 residents in Stirling

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

6% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 12% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Labour (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 6
• Grn 1
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

22 jobs advertised · £33,282 avg

e.g. Welder, Fraud Specialist, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£833 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,176 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stirling and Strathallan:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership393 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s370 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office215 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases189 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills188 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• 
  Throsk · 0.7 km

  Throsk is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It lies on the A905 road east of Fallin close to the River Forth. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the population as 231.

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  The Gothenburg, Fallin · 1.1 km

  The Gothenburg, or simply The Goth, is a community-run pub in the former mining village of Fallin, near Stirling, Scotland.

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  Alloa Swing Bridge · 1.2 km

  The Alloa Swing Bridge was a railway swing bridge across the River Forth that connected Throsk and Alloa as part of the Alloa Railway. The structure was in use from 1885 until 1968.

• Throsk railway station · 1.4 km

  The Throsk railway station was a railway station that served the village of Throsk, Stirling, Scotland from 1890 to 1966.

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  Tullibody Inch · 1.4 km

  Tullibody Inch is an islet in the estuarine waters of the River Forth. It takes its name from the nearby town of Tullibody, "inch" being from the Scottish Gaelic innis meaning "island" or "meadow".

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  Fallin, Stirling · 1.7 km

  Fallin is a former pit village in Central Stirling, in the county of Stirlingshire. It was on the site of the Polmaise Colliery 3&4, and both of the names Polmaise and Fallin were commonly used. Fallin is regarded the…

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