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9°CClear

• Today: 15° / 8° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:39

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

54US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Union Street Roadside, United Kingdom

153 reported road collisions (2024)

94 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£197,863 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Aberdeenshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

264,640 residents in Aberdeenshire

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

1% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 3% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Harriet Cross

Conservative

Gordon and Buchan

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

14,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£825 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,395 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 100%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gordon and Buchan:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s329 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership263 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office225 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth151 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Gight · 3.8 km

  Gight is an estate in the parish of Fyvie in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is best known as the location of the 16th-century Gight Castle, ancestral home of Lord Byron.

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  Gight Castle · 4.5 km

  Gight is an estate in the parish of Fyvie in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is best known as the location of the 16th-century Gight Castle, ancestral home of Lord Byron.

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  Cairnorrie · 4.8 km

  Cairnorrie is a rural settlement in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the B9170 road between Methlick and New Deer. The primary school at Cairnorrie was closed in 2005.

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  Tifty, Aberdeenshire · 5.6 km

  Tifty is near Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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  Backhill · 6.0 km

  Backhill is a rural area near Woodhead of Fyvie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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  Woodhead, Aberdeenshire · 6.0 km

  Woodhead of Fyvie, often simply called "Woodhead", is an inland hamlet in Formartine, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that lies to the east of Fyvie near the upper River Ythan. It has been described as an ancient royal burgh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)