Polbeth

11°CClear

• Today: 16° / 10° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:45

13h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

70US AQI · Moderate

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)

80 food businesses within 2 miles

• 68 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: West Calder (1.1 km)
• 12 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (2.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (2.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: West Calder Station (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds10

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £25,001 avg

e.g. Solution Architect (MarTech), Mobile Multi-Skilled Engineer - Electrical Bias, Become a Biology Tutor in Polbeth – Flexible & Remote

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 65% · Nuclear 32% · Solar 4%

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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  Polbeth · 0.1 km

  Polbeth is a former oil shale mining village located about a mile from West Calder, and not far from Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.

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  Five Sisters Zoo · 0.5 km

  Five Sisters Zoo is a privately owned zoological park located in Polbeth, West Calder. The zoo was founded by Brian and Shirley Curran and originally operated as an attraction within their garden centre on the same si…

• West Calder High School · 0.9 km

  West Calder High School is a secondary school in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland. The current school building was officially opened in 2018 by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the UN's Special Envoy for Global…

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  West Calder railway station · 1.2 km

  West Calder railway station is a railway station serving the village of West Calder in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 17 miles (28 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley on the way to Glasgow Centra…

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  West Calder · 1.4 km

  West Calder is a village in the council area of West Lothian, Scotland, located four miles west of Livingston. Historically it is within the County of Midlothian. The village was an important centre in the oil shale i…

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  Adambrae · 2.1 km

  Adambrae is a residential area and burn in Livingston, Scotland, consisting primarily of privately owned housing. A small nature area and pond are adjacent to Bluebell Glade in Adambrae where the "Adambrae burn" runs…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)