Blackburn (West Lothian)

13°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 12° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:37

12h 55m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

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)

75 food businesses within 2 miles

• 55 passed
• 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bathgate (2.7 km)
• 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£228,496 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across West Lothian · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (7 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Matt Purdie Removals, Blackburn (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,240 residents in West Lothian

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

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

Kirsteen Sullivan

Labour (Co-op)

Bathgate and Linlithgow

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools6
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

35 jobs advertised · £40,770 avg

e.g. Courier (Bathgate), Senior Architectural Technician, Tesco Colleague - Bathgate - 04.30am start

Source: Adzuna

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 74% · Nuclear 26%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bathgate and Linlithgow:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s393 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership386 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office262 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test228 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth212 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Blackburn United F.C. · 0.2 km

  Blackburn United Football Club are a Scottish football club from the town of Blackburn, West Lothian. The team plays at Tier 6 of the Scottish Football Pyramid in the East of Scotland League Premier Division having mo…

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  Blackburn, West Lothian · 0.3 km

  Blackburn is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, near both Bathgate and Livingston, two of the larger towns in the county. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Edinburgh and 25 miles (40 km) east of Gla…

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  St Kentigern's Academy · 0.8 km

  St. Kentigern's Academy is a Roman Catholic, comprehensive school in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland. It is one of three Catholic secondaries in the local authority area and serves the communities in the western and…

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  Blackburn House, West Lothian · 1.5 km

  Blackburn House is a category A-listed Georgian house, situated between Blackburn and Seafield near Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. The house comprises a compact central Palladian mansion house, with substantial e…

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  Seafield, West Lothian · 2.1 km

  Seafield is a small village in West Lothian, Scotland. Seafield lies 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) east of Blackburn, 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Bathgate and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Livingston.

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  Pyramids (Bathgate) · 2.2 km

  The Pyramids are a land sculpture alongside the M8 motorway at Bathgate.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)