Local servicesGP surgeryDrs Clokey & Mcshane10 surgeries within 2 milesunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service; Public Health Scotland
SchoolsWithin 2 mi21 schools17 primary, 3 secondary, 1 specialPrimaryChatelherault Primary Schoolright herePrimaryOur Lady and St Anne's Primary Schoolunder a mileSecondaryHamilton Grammar Schoolunder a mileSource: Scottish Government, school contact details
Getting aroundAirportGlasgow Airport GLA17 miRailway stationHamilton Centralunder a mileBus stationBus StationHamiltonunder a mileFerryGlasgow Central Station Bridge Ferry Landing11 miBus stops114 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ML3 postcode district.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ML3 postcode district.
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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People2,912 residentsin the Silvertonhill census areaMedian age 50.31,340 households80% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright9% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Work and commuting4.3% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 1,378 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: health and social work 13%, retail and wholesale 12%, public administration and defence 11%Getting to work: 34% work from home, 52% go by car, 7% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle53% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Education and languages41% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%, other languages 3%Source: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month December: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,088 mm of rain a year, 29 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December59 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 mileEddlewood Glenglen · under a mileTorheads Lakelake · 1.5 miMeikle Glenglen · under a mileLaverock Hillhill · under a mileStrathclyde Lochlake · 2.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesChatelherault Country Parkpark · under a mile · 238 haSouth Haughpark · under a mile · 29 haStrathclyde Country Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 378 haRiccarton Golf Coursegolf course · 1.0 mi · 52 haLaigh Bent Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 6 haBent Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes107 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 202246 mi away, Arran, North AyrshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 6.4 · PM2.5 5.0 · PM10 8.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband94% 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)1,406 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation87 m285 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 24 to 144 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
