Ecclesmachan

13°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:42

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Broxburn, 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)

66 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Uphall (3.1 km)
• 4 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 (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (7.1 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Strathbrock Partnership Centre (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• 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

Gregor Poynton

Labour

Livingston

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised · £28,288 avg

e.g. Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, General Assistant Maternity cover (18 weeks), Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Ecclesmachan – Flexible Schedule

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 80% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 2%

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 Livingston:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s432 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership413 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office285 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth263 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test235 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Ecclesmachan · 0.0 km

  Ecclesmachan (NT058736) is an historic village in West Lothian. It lies just north of Uphall on the B8046 road and just south of Threemiletown. The village is notable for its medieval origin parish church. As at 2001,…

• Broxburn Academy · 1.7 km

  Broxburn Academy is a secondary school in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland.

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  Uphall · 1.8 km

  Uphall is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. It forms a conurbation with Broxburn to the east, Dechmont to the west and the major town of Livingston to the south west. Uphall is 30 miles from Glasgow and 14 miles fr…

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  Threemiletown · 2.0 km

  Threemiletown is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. The settlement sits north of Ecclesmachan and west of Winchburgh.

• Our Lady's High School, Broxburn · 2.3 km

  Our Lady's High School, Broxburn was a Roman Catholic High School located in the western part of Broxburn, West Lothian in Scotland. The student occupied its premises beginning in 1969. It was a state-funded high scho…

• Winchburgh Academy · 2.4 km

  Winchburgh Academy is a secondary level school, in Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)