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Addiewell

Addiewell is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. It has around 2 schools, 12 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Addiewell, 0.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Addiewell area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lothian area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
West Lothian
County
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

17°COvercast

  • Today: 17° / 9° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:39

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Linlithgow High Street 2, United Kingdom

Road safety

133 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 7.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

35 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 28 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Addiewell (0.3 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Addiewell (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£228,496 average 3.8% YoY

Across West Lothian · to 2026-06

Detached£414,967
Semi-detached£231,785
Terraced£184,134
Flat£126,196

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (7.1 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Rca Garage Services, Stonyburn (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

187,240 residents in West Lothian

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 18%

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%; 15% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Social sciences Tutoring Job in Addiewell – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Addiewell – Flexible Schedule, Class 1 Tramper

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£769 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,214 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Livingston:

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

Notable places nearby

  • HM Prison Addiewell · 0.3 km

    HMP Addiewell is a private prison near the village of Addiewell in West Lothian, Scotland. HMP Addiewell is operated by Sodexo Justice Services and contracted to the Scottish Prison Service. The prison holds adult mal…

  • Addiewell railway station · 0.3 km

    Addiewell railway station is a railway station serving Addiewell in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.

  • Addiewell · 0.6 km

    Addiewell is a former mining village in the Scottish council area of West Lothian. Historically it lies within the County of Midlothian. A new prison, HMP Addiewell, opened in 2008.

  • Loganlea, West Lothian · 1.3 km

    Loganlea is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. The village is immediately west of Addiewell and has a close association with that village as both are former mining communities. The village lies to the south of Breic…

  • Burngrange mining disaster · 1.4 km

    Burngrange is an area of the Scottish village West Calder. Situated at the far west of the village it mainly consists of housing constructed for the areas mining industry in the early 20th century. On 10 January 1947,…

  • Stoneyburn · 1.7 km

    Stoneyburn is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. The village was the site of a large coalmine, since discontinued. Nearby towns include Bathgate, Whitburn, Addiewell and Blackburn. Around two thousand people inhabit…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Addiewell?
Addiewell is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, in the West Lothian local authority.
How deprived is Addiewell?
The West Lothian local authority, which includes Addiewell, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.