Rigside

Rigside is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the town of Lanark, and less than 1 mi (1.6 km) from Douglas Water. It lies on the A70 road to Ayr, and has approximately 800 inhabitants.

Rigside
Beechgrove Street, Rigside
Rigside Location within South Lanarkshire
Area	0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) [1]
Population	620 (2020)[2]
• Density	2,583/km2 (6,690/sq mi)
OS grid reference	NS879351
• Edinburgh	34 mi (55 km) NE
• London	320 mi (510 km) SE
Civil parish	Carmichael Douglas
Community council	Douglas Water and Rigside
Council area	South Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area	Lanarkshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LANARK
Postcode district	ML11
Dialling code	01555
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Scottish Parliament	Clydesdale
List of places UK Scotland 55°35′50″N 3°46′49″W

Rigside is a former mining village. The village has one shop, a takeaway cafe, a public house, and a doctor's surgery. The village has very limited public transport links so most of the villagers have access to a car. The village has a nursery and primary school, both located on Muirfoot Road next to the recently upgraded play park and skate park.

The houses in the village are heated in order by ASHP, coal, oil, and LPG. There is no mains gas in the village.^{[citation needed]}

There is a mixture of both private and council owned houses which are being upgraded to ASHP from solid fuel.

Climate

Drumalbin is a Met Office weather station near Rigside, situated at an elevation of 245 m.

Climate data for Drumalbin, Elevation: 245 m (804 ft), 1991–2020 normals
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.4 (41.7)	5.9 (42.6)	7.9 (46.2)	10.8 (51.4)	14.0 (57.2)	16.3 (61.3)	18.0 (64.4)	17.7 (63.9)	15.3 (59.5)	11.6 (52.9)	8.0 (46.4)	5.7 (42.3)	11.4 (52.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.9 (37.2)	3.2 (37.8)	4.7 (40.5)	6.9 (44.4)	9.7 (49.5)	12.3 (54.1)	14.0 (57.2)	13.9 (57.0)	11.8 (53.2)	8.5 (47.3)	5.4 (41.7)	3.1 (37.6)	8.1 (46.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.5 (32.9)	0.4 (32.7)	1.5 (34.7)	3.1 (37.6)	5.4 (41.7)	8.3 (46.9)	10.1 (50.2)	10.0 (50.0)	8.3 (46.9)	5.5 (41.9)	2.7 (36.9)	0.6 (33.1)	4.7 (40.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	93.9 (3.70)	77.3 (3.04)	65.6 (2.58)	49.8 (1.96)	53.7 (2.11)	65.1 (2.56)	79.0 (3.11)	82.0 (3.23)	68.5 (2.70)	99.1 (3.90)	95.3 (3.75)	100.8 (3.97)	930.2 (36.62)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	15.8	13.7	12.6	11.5	11.6	12.1	13.6	13.8	11.8	14.9	15.6	15.6	162.7
Source: Met Office[3]