Walkerburn

9°CFog

• Today: 15° / 8° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:37

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

87 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 141 casualties · 7.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£191,555 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Scottish Borders · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 140 kW
• Nearest: Macdonald Cardrona Hotel (6.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,800 residents in Scottish Borders

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

David Mundell

Conservative

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£708 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,427 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 54% · Wind 46%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership277 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills161 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years116 local signatures · 54,314 nationwide

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

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  Walkerburn railway station · 0.3 km

  Walkerburn railway station served the village of Walkerburn, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1867 to 1962 on the Peebles Railway.

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  The Kirna · 1.0 km

  The Kirna, known locally as Kirna House, is a Category A listed villa in Walkerburn, Peeblesshire, Scotland. It is one of three villas in Walkerburn designed by Frederick Thomas Pilkington between 1866 and 1869 for th…

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  Walkerburn · 1.2 km

  Walkerburn is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles (13 km) from Peebles and 10 miles (16 km) from Galashiels.

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  Innerleithen · 2.7 km

  Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 i…

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  Robert Smail's Printing Works · 2.9 km

  Robert Smail's Printing Works is a fully functional Victorian era letterpress printing works in the small Scottish Borders town of Innerleithen, now preserved by The National Trust for Scotland as an Industrial Herita…

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  Innerleithen railway station · 3.0 km

  Innerleithen railway station served the town of Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1864 to 1962 on the Peebles Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)