Winchburgh

17°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · 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

6US 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)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 55 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

£228,496 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across West Lothian · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Morrisons (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (9.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• 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)

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

£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 Bathgate and Linlithgow:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s393 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership386 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office262 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test228 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth212 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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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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