Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 34 min4:31 am – 10:04 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 0 min8:44 am – 3:44 pm
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People4,770 residentsin the Woodhead, Meikle Earnock and Fairhill census areaMedian age 40.52,049 households60% of homes owner-occupied29% owned outright31% social rented, 8% private rentedSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Work and commuting5.0% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 2,204 in work, 20% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 13%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 27% work from home, 60% go by car, 8% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle65% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Education and languages17% of adults hold a degree or higher26% have no qualifications, 9% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%, Scots 1%, other languages 4%Source: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month December: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,096 mm of rain a year, 32 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December60 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksBlack Linnwaterfall · under a mileTorheads Lakelake · under a mileEddlewood Glenglen · under a mileSimpsonland Glenglen · under a mileLaverock Hillhill · 1.1 miStrathclyde Lochlake · 2.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesNeilsland Parkpark · under a mile · 13 haChatelherault Country Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 238 haWoodhead Greenpark · under a mile · 3 haLaigh Bent Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 6 haSouth Lanarkshire Lifestyles - Fairhillsports ground · under a mileRiccarton Golf Coursegolf course · 1.6 mi · 52 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes106 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 26 Dec 200649 mi away, Dumfries, D & GMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 30 May 202245 mi away, Arran, North AyrshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 6.0 · PM2.5 5.0 · PM10 8.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,219 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation125 m410 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 75 to 193 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalUdston Hospital1.7 miGP surgeryDr Jm Simpson & Partners10 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots UK LTD11 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistNeil Gordon & Associatesunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service; Public Health Scotland
SchoolsWithin 2 mi21 schools17 primary, 3 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryWoodhead Primary Schoolunder a milePrimarySt Elizabeth's Primary Schoolunder a mileSecondaryHamilton Grammar School1.2 miSource: Scottish Government, school contact details
Getting aroundAirportGlasgow Airport GLA17 miRailway stationHamilton Central1.3 miBus stationBus StationHamilton1.2 miFerryGlasgow Central Station Bridge Ferry Landing10 miBus stops106 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ML3 postcode district.
