Winchburgh

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:29Sunset 16:25

8h 56m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Broxburn, United Kingdom

165 reported road collisions (2025)

63 killed or seriously injured · 248 casualties · 8.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

74 food businesses within 2 miles

• 54 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£225,439 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across West Lothian · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Strathbrock Partnership Centre (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,240 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £30,597 avg

e.g. Class 2 Driver, Loader, Pupil Support Worker, Winchburgh Primary School, 509.91 - WEL10899

Source: Adzuna

£769 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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 59% · Nuclear 41%

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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government317 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth212 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately107 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills106 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK102 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  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.

• Winchburgh railway station · 0.6 km

  Winchburgh railway station served the village of Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland from 1842 to 1930 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, now the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line. It was located in a cutting about…

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  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.

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  Auldcathie · 1.2 km

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

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  Duntarvie Castle · 1.7 km

  Duntarvie Castle is a ruined Scots Renaissance house in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of Winchburgh and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Linlithgow, close to the M9 motorway. Constr…

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