Rhynie
Rhynie is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a population of around 1,000. There are no listed local amenities, but there are 3 bus stops. No crime figures are given. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rhynie area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Aberdeenshire area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).
- Council
- Aberdeenshire
- County
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon
- Police force
- Scotland
Weather
14°CSunny
- Today: 21° / 11° · 51% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:35
12h 58m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
46US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Angus Forfar Glamis Rd, United Kingdom
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
3 food businesses within 2 miles
- 3 passed
- 0 need improvement
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 3 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Huntly (12.9 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£197,863 average▼ 2.2% YoY
Across Aberdeenshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Sport & leisure
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
264,640 residents in Aberdeenshire
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 23%
Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)
Deprivation
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
Your MP
Harriet Cross
Conservative
Gordon and Buchan
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoClosure motion
- AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- GPs & clinics1
- Parks & greens2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
14,195 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£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
Grid electricity
100% low-carbon electricity
Wind 100%
0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Rhynie, Aberdeenshire · 0.1 kmRhynie is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is on the A97 road, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Alford.
Rhynie chert · 0.6 kmThe Rhynie chert is a Lower Devonian sedimentary deposit exhibiting extraordinary fossil detail or completeness. It is exposed near the village of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; a second unit, the Windyfield chert,…
Druminnor Castle · 1.7 kmDruminnor Castle is an L-plan castle, dating from the early 15th century, about two miles east of Rhynie, in a steep valley by the Keron burn, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Tap o' Noth · 2.5 kmThe Tap o' Noth is a hill and the name of a hillfort on its summit, 8 miles south of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at grid reference NJ485293. It is the second highest fort in Scotland and its main feature is its…
- Lesmoir Castle · 2.8 km
Lesmoir Castle was a 16th-century castle, about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south-west of Tap o' Noth, at Mains of Lesmoir.
St Mary's Kirk, Auchindoir · 3.3 kmSt Mary's Kirk at Auchindoir, between Rhynie and Lumsden, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is one of the country's finest surviving medieval parish kirks. The main doorway is early Romanesque, and there is a well-preserved…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Rhynie?
- Rhynie is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the Aberdeenshire local authority.
- How deprived is Rhynie?
- The Aberdeenshire local authority, which includes Rhynie, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.