Newmachar

19°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 10° · 56% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:38

13h 7m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

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)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dyce (6.7 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,863 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Aberdeenshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (6.9 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Norco Group LTD (6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £27,123 avg

e.g. Assistant Site Manager, Online Personal trainers Tutor - Part Time, Customer Team Member

Source: Adzuna

£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 98% · Solar 2%

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

• 
  Newmachar · 0.2 km

  Newmachar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) to the north-west of Aberdeen.

• Newmachar United F.C. · 0.6 km

  Newmachar United Junior Football Club are a Scottish football club from the village of Newmachar, Aberdeenshire. The club currently plays in the North of Scotland Football League. They became members of the Scottish J…

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  Newmachar railway station · 0.8 km

  Newmachar railway station was a railway station in Newmachar, Aberdeenshire which is now closed.

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  Kingseat Hospital, Aberdeenshire · 1.8 km

  Kingseat Hospital is a former mental health facility near Newmachar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Some of the old hospital buildings now form the central area of the village of Kingseat.

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  Kingseat, Aberdeenshire · 1.9 km

  Kingseat is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located about 10 miles (16 km) to the north-west of Aberdeen and 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Newmachar. It developed around the former Kingseat Hospital site, which has si…

• Cairnton stone · 3.0 km

  The Cairnton Stone is a class I Pictish stone dating to the seventh century, discovered in 2001 at Cairnton Farm, near Newmachar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It bears the incised symbols of the Crescent and V-rod and tri…

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