Gatehouse of Fleet
Gatehouse of Fleet is a village in The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, with a population of around 950. It has around 1 supermarket and around 5 restaurants and cafés, plus 4 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gatehouse of Fleet area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Dumfries and Galloway area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).
- Council
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police force
- Scotland
Weather
9°COvercast
- Today: 11° / 9° · 50% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:28Sunset 16:32
9h 4m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr High St, United Kingdom
Road safety
222 reported road collisions (2025)
85 killed or seriously injured · 323 casualties · 15.3 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
14 food businesses within 2 miles
- 8 passed
- 0 need improvement
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 4 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£171,854 average▲ 3.9% YoY
Across Dumfries and Galloway · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
3 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 60 kW
- Nearest: Gatehouse of Fleet Public Car Park (0.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches4
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
145,490 residents in Dumfries and Galloway
- Under 16: 15%
- 16–64: 57%
- 65+: 29%
Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in Scotland
5% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 9% in the most deprived 20%
Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020
Your MP
John Cooper
Conservative
Dumfries and Galloway
Recent votes:
- NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
- AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
- AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
- NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
SNP / Labour / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition
- Lab 7
- Con 10
- LD 1
- Oth 11
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens4
- Restaurants & cafés5
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
7,680 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£723 median full-time weekly pay
2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£23,835 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Grid electricity
100% low-carbon electricity
Wind 60% · Nuclear 40%
0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.7
- Feeling worthwhile7.8
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dumfries and Galloway:
- Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government262 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks166 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately146 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases136 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Gatehouse of Fleet Town Hall · 0.1 kmGatehouse of Fleet Town Hall is a former municipal building in the High Street in Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The structure, which is now in private residential ownership, provides access to a…
Gatehouse of Fleet · 0.2 kmGatehouse of Fleet is a town, half in the civil parish of Girthon, and half in the parish of Anwoth, divided by the river Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, within the council administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Sco…
- Trusty's Hill · 1.1 km
Trusty's Hill is a small vitrified hillfort about a mile to the west of the present-day town of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the parish of Anwoth in the Stewartry district of Dumfries and Galloway.
Rutherford's Monument · 1.3 kmRutherford's Monument is a commemorative monument between Anwoth and Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is dedicated to the 17th-century theologian Samuel Rutherford, who had been minister at th…
Cally Palace · 1.4 kmCally Palace, formerly known as Cally House, is an 18th-century country house in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The house is now a four star country house ho…
Cardoness Castle · 1.4 kmCardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland. It was originally owned by the MacCullochs of Myreton. T…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gatehouse of Fleet?
- Gatehouse of Fleet is a town in The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, in the Dumfries and Galloway local authority.
- What is the population of Gatehouse of Fleet?
- Gatehouse of Fleet has an approximate settlement population of 950.
- How deprived is Gatehouse of Fleet?
- The Dumfries and Galloway local authority, which includes Gatehouse of Fleet, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.