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Winchburgh

Winchburgh is a village in West Lothian, Scotland, with a population of around 2,500. It has 13 bus stops, one pharmacy, and around four restaurants and cafés, with the nearest railway station being Laird's Halt, 5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Winchburgh 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

16°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 20° / 12° · 80% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:36

12h 55m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Broxburn, 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

72 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 55 passed
  • 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Laird's Halt (4.6 km)
  • 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Uphall (4.8 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: 164.9p · Morrisons (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (9.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

27 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Lidl - Broxburn (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1
  • 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

Your MP

Kirsteen Sullivan

Labour (Co-op)

Bathgate and Linlithgow

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure 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

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens17
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

21 jobs advertised · £28,373 avg

e.g. In Store Team Member, Become a Maths Tutor in Winchburgh – Flexible & Remote, Light Vehicle Apprentice

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 75% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 2%

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 Bathgate and Linlithgow:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Winchburgh · 0.2 km

    Winchburgh is a town in Scotland. It is located approximately ten miles west of the city centre of Edinburgh, six miles east of Linlithgow and three miles northeast of Broxburn.

  • Niddry Castle · 1.1 km

    Niddry Castle is a sixteenth-century tower house near Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated near the Union Canal, and between two large oil shale bings, or waste heaps. Historically it was known as Niddry…

  • Winchburgh Academy · 1.1 km

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

  • Auldcathie · 1.2 km

    Auldcathie is a suburb to the west of Winchburgh in West Lothian, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Winchburgh?
Winchburgh is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, in the West Lothian local authority.
What is the population of Winchburgh?
Winchburgh has an approximate settlement population of 2,500.
How deprived is Winchburgh?
The West Lothian local authority, which includes Winchburgh, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.