Rathen

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• Today: 13° / 12° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:35

13h 3m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

47US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Market Street 2, 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)

2 food businesses within 2 miles

• 2 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 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)

• Cheapest petrol: 170.9p · Asda (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (6.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Fraserburgh (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds1

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

Seamus Logan

Scottish National Party

Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £28,272 avg

e.g. Care Assistant, Customer Delivery Driver - Fraserburgh Superstore, Cleaner

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 84% · Solar 16%

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 Aberdeenshire North and Moray East:

• Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10%: protect jobs, communities & UK competitiveness451 local signatures · 15,803 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office310 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s293 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership254 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test135 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Rathen, Aberdeenshire · 0.4 km

  Rathen is a parish and hamlet near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic, its name means fort on the river.

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  Cortes, Aberdeenshire · 1.7 km

  Cortes is a rural settlement in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated in the parish of Rathen, 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) south of Fraserburgh.

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  Rathen railway station · 2.2 km

  Rathen railway station was a railway station in Rathen, Aberdeenshire, on the defunct Formartine and Buchan Railway in northeast Scotland.

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  Lonmay railway station · 2.5 km

  Lonmay railway station was a railway station in Lonmay, Aberdeenshire.

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  Lonmay · 2.5 km

  Lonmay is a hamlet and parish in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies along the A90 road, between Peterhead and Fraserburgh, near to the junction with the A952 road at Cortes. The parish also encompasse…

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  Memsie Cairn · 2.7 km

  Memsie Cairn is an ancient cairn in Memsie, near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the last remaining cairn of the § Cairns Of Memsie.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)