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Blackshiels

Moderate

🇬🇧Scotland · United Kingdom

Residential

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Trade-offs

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Affordability

Unknowns

Safety — based on limited evidence

Transport — no source available yet

Amenities — no source available yet

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Data confidence

High coverage

Coverage confidence reflects geographic matching, source authority, freshness, record coverage, and demographic alignment. It is not a liveability score.

geography

15 pts

source authority

20 pts

freshness

20 pts

record coverage

23 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Verified schools

0 inside · 4 nearby

Clover Country Nursery

Nursery · 2.2 km away

nearby

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Top Services

School · 3.8 km away

nearby

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Tynewater Primary School

School · 4.3 km away

nearby

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Humbie Primary School

School · 4.7 km away

nearby

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Amenity access

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outdoor recreation

0 inside · 33 nearby

11 within 3 km · 33 within 5 km

Nearest: Parks and play (1.3 km)

transport

0 inside · 30 nearby

6 within 3 km · 30 within 5 km

Nearest: Tynehead Road End (1.4 km)

lifestyle

0 inside · 8 nearby

2 within 3 km · 8 within 5 km

Nearest: Fala Village Hall (2.2 km)

healthcare

0 inside · 2 nearby

0 within 3 km · 2 within 5 km

Nearest: Pathhead Medical Centre (3.7 km)

essential services

0 inside · 1 nearby

0 within 3 km · 1 within 5 km

Nearest: Pathhead Post Office (4.1 km)

shopping

0 inside · 1 nearby

0 within 3 km · 1 within 5 km

Nearest: Day-Today express (4.1 km)

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Score dashboard

Estimated · GeoNames + ONS province context

Safety

Bottom 2%

estimated

Affordability

Bottom 1%

Estimated · GeoNames + ONS province context

Schools

Bottom 1%

2020

Transport

Bottom 1%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 1%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 1%

pending

Property Confidence

Bottom 1%

Estimated · GeoNames + ONS province context

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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Community demographics

Estimated · GeoNames + ONS province context

Population

7,473

Similar suburbs

Kirkton of Auchterhouse

Crime & Safety

Scotland · United Kingdom national statistics

80/100

Safety score based on Scotland region averages

Street-level crime data from data.police.uk was not available for this location. Scotland is not covered by the England & Wales police API — scores are based on Home Office national statistics.

Flood & earthquake

🌊 No flood history

🌍 No earthquake history

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Amenity data is being gathered from OpenStreetMap.

Public transport

Score 50/100

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Moderate bus connectivity

Est. population: 7,473 · Scotland

Network

ScotRail · Bus

Estimate basis

ONS population density · DfT transport access

Density of public-transport stops and stations.

Source: OpenStreetMap transport nodes · pending. Score is estimated from population density — individual stop data is not yet matched for this area.

Natural hazards & flood/earthquake history

GDACS

No significant hazards on record

No notable floods or earthquakes recorded near this area since 2006.

Affordability

Estimated · GeoNames + ONS province context

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