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Living in Leadhills: Liveability Score 48/100

Last updated 7 August 2026

Leadhills comes out at 48/100 on the 6 categories we can score here. Its biggest lead over the typical UK town is broadband: 99/100 against a national town median of 60/100. Economic health falls furthest short: 32/100 where the typical UK town reaches 67/100.

No other settlement in the ML12 postcode district scores higher. Leadhills leads all 6. Leadhills is a place of extremes: 99/100 for broadband against 3/100 for transport, a 96-point spread wider than roughly nine in ten UK towns. Against the wider ML12 district average of 36/100, that is 12 points above. The same breakdown for the wider area is on the ML12 postcode district.

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Score breakdown

Safety & Environment

Safety
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Crime is scored from the last 12 months of police street-level data. Police Scotland does not publish this, and there is no Scottish equivalent of the Police UK open data service, so crime has been left out of the score for this area. This is a gap in published data, not a sign of low crime.

Environment
90
Air Quality NO₂ 1.37 · PM2.5 4.213 · PM10 6.055 µg/m³
85
Green Space 100
Parks Adequate 3
Sports Pitches Some 1
Allotments None
Golf Courses None
Tennis Courts None
Bowling Greens None
Playgrounds Some 1

Services

Schools
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1 school in area
1Requires Improvement
  • Leadhills Primary SchoolPrimary · inspected 2009
    Requires Improvement
Healthcare
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A&E departmentsCumberland Infirmary47.7 mi
Hexham General Hospital72.7 mi
Community Paramedic Service73 mi
Hospital waitsNorth Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust40.5 mi
Routine referral (median)12 wks
Treated within 18 weeks64.3%
A&E seen within 4 hrs62.6%
Nearest GP surgeryUpper Nithsdale Group Practice7.2 mi
GP capacity1,577 patients per GP

A&E, dentist and pharmacy data, and CQC ratings, are currently available for England only, not Scotland.

Broadband
99
Full fibre (FTTP)63.4%
available across South Lanarkshire
Gigabit-capable · incl. cable
99.7%
Ultrafast (300+ Mbps)
99.7%
Superfast (30+ Mbps)
100%
Ofcom Connected Nations · 14 postcodes · full fibre at local-authority level

Economy & Bills

Economic Health
32
Employment rate59.6%
Above the Great Britain average of 57.3% of residents aged 16+
Economic activity (16+)
Employed59.3%Unemployed2.1%Retired25.2%Student2.2%Other inactive11.3%
Occupation mix
Professional & managerial34.7%Skilled & technical39.7%Routine & elementary25.6%
Degree-level (Level 4+) qualifications30.3%
Home ownership68.1%
Among the most-deprived 27% of areas in Scotland
Census 2021/22 (Great Britain) · deprivation: IoD 2025 / SIMD
Bills
62
Council tax South Lanarkshire · 2025-26
A £919
B £1,073
C £1,226
D £1,379
E £1,812
F £2,241
G £2,701
H £3,379
Energy South Scotland region
Typical bill regional £1,641/yr
Ofgem price cap, GB average · Apr–Jun 2026
Typical home efficiency local EPC band F
Water Scottish Water
Average bill regional £456/yr
Combined water & sewerage · GB average £520

Transport

Transport
3
Sanquhar 7.2 mi
Kirkconnel 9.6 mi
New Cumnock 16.6 mi
J14 A74(M) 4.8 mi
J14 A74(M) 4.8 mi
J13 A74(M) 6.4 mi

Lifestyle

Lifestyle
4
Pubs & Bars None
Restaurants & Cafes None
Supermarkets & Convenience None
Retail Shopping None
Takeaways None
Fitness None

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House Prices

Not published for Scotland

Sold-price data isn't available for Leadhills. HM Land Registry's Price Paid dataset covers England and Wales only. Scottish sales are recorded separately by Registers of Scotland, which we don't yet include. This is a gap in the data we hold, not a sign of an inactive market.

Nearby places

Crawford 41 5.5 mi away ⇄
Sanquhar 49 7.3 mi away ⇄
Douglas 34 10 mi away ⇄
Kirkconnel 39 10 mi away ⇄
Uddington 0 12 mi away ⇄
Thornhill (Dumfries and Galloway) 46 12 mi away ⇄
Coalburn 33 13 mi away ⇄
Moffat 42 14 mi away ⇄
Muirkirk 35 14 mi away ⇄
Symington (South Lanarkshire) 32 14 mi away ⇄
Beattock 32 14 mi away ⇄
Thankerton 35 15 mi away ⇄

Frequently asked questions

Is Leadhills a nice place to live?

Leadhills has some challenges compared to many UK areas. Our liveability score for Leadhills is 48/100, placing it among a below-average areas in the UK across nine categories: safety, schools, healthcare, environment, transport, broadband, lifestyle, economic health, and bills.

Postcode districts in Leadhills

ML12 36 ⇄

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