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Longridge (West Lothian)

Longridge (West Lothian) is a town or village in West Lothian, Scotland, with 1 restaurant and café. There are 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Breich, 1.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Longridge (West Lothian) 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

9°CMist

  • Today: 17° / 9° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:40

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Grangemouth, 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

80 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 63 passed
  • 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Breich (1.9 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Breich (1.9 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 (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (11.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Whitburn Swimming Pool (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

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

Your MP

Gregor Poynton

Labour

Livingston

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

17 jobs advertised · £33,280 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Longridge (West Lothian) – Flexible Schedule, Sous Chef

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

Grid electricity

99% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 63% · Wind 35% · Imports 1% · Biomass 0%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

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

  • Longridge, West Lothian · 0.1 km

    Longridge is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. In 2001 the population was 650, with 92.77% of those born in Scotland and 4.31% born in England. Since then, three new streets have been built in Longridge, bringing t…

  • Longridge railway station (Scotland) · 1.0 km

    Longridge railway station was the original terminus of the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway (WM&CR) that served the nearby village of Longridge in West Lothian and it was also referred to as Eastern statio…

  • Bents railway station · 1.8 km

    Bents railway station served the village of Bents, West Lothian, Scotland, from 1865 to 1955 on the Longridge and Bathgate Extension Railway.

  • Breich railway station · 1.9 km

    Breich railway station is a rural railway station serving the village of Breich in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 21 miles (34 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley towards Glasgow Central. It was…

  • Breich · 2.0 km

    Breich is a small village lying in the western part of West Lothian, Scotland. It lies on the A71, the Edinburgh to Ayrshire road, which also goes to the large town of Livingston 7 miles to the east. It is situated at…

  • Fauldhouse United F.C. · 2.1 km

    Fauldhouse United Football Club are a Scottish football club based at Park View in Fauldhouse, West Lothian.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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