Other Settlement CLIMATE RISK
Alloway is a settlement, part of the South Ayrshire council area.
Alloway inherits its flood band (Medium) from the wider South Ayrshire council area because SEPA does not publish settlement-level breakdowns for every UK location. Search any postcode in Alloway below for the address-level reading from SEPA flood risk maps.
Met Office UKCP18 projections (50th percentile) estimate around 5 days above 25°C per year across the South Ayrshire area, averaged over the 2021-2040 period under the RCP8.5 high emissions scenario. These are probabilistic projections - the 50th percentile is the central estimate within RCP8.5; the full range of modelled outcomes is wide and lower emissions scenarios would produce lower figures. Heat exposure within Alloway varies by property orientation and construction, but the overall heat stress level is relatively low. The headline 5-day figure is a council-level UKCP18 estimate (LAD resolution), not a property-level reading.
Annual mean PM2.5 across the South Ayrshire area is 4.3 µg/m³ - close to the World Health Organisation guideline of 5 µg/m³. Within Alloway, readings are not flat: postcodes within 200 metres of an A-road or major junction routinely run 30-50% higher during weekday rush hours than residential streets two roads back. The figure is a council-level Defra UK-AIR estimate (1km modelled grid).
Ground stability in Alloway follows the underlying geology more than the postal boundary. The British Geological Survey GeoSure dataset maps clay shrink-swell risk on a 50-metre cell, and properties on the same street can sit in different bands where a clay seam ends mid-road. Pre-1980 housing on clay-rich ground is the most exposed; properties on bedrock or well-drained sandy soils are typically lower-risk. A postcode-level check picks up that variation.
A free postcode check on LocalRisk covers up to six hazards for any address in Alloway: SEPA flood mapping, BGS ground stability, Met Office heat projections, Defra PM2.5, plus coastal erosion and green-space access where relevant. The postcode list below opens an address-level report for each postcode in Alloway; the council link at the top of this page returns to the wider South Ayrshire picture.
Council area level (South Ayrshire). Search a postcode for detail.