Sandhaven

13°COvercast

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

63 food businesses within 2 miles

• 48 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 9 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 (2.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (2.5 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: Hannover Street Bus Station (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• 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
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £29,381 avg

e.g. Head Teacher Sandhaven Primary School - ABS48106, Support Worker, Waking Night Support Worker

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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  Sandhaven · 0.2 km

  Sandhaven is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which lies between Rosehearty to the west and Fraserburgh to the east. It is joined to the even smaller village of Pittullie to the west.

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  Pitsligo · 1.0 km

  Pitsligo was a coastal parish in the historic county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, containing the fishing villages of Rosehearty, Pittulie and Sandhaven, 3 miles west of Fraserburgh and 12 miles north of Mintlaw.

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  Pittulie Castle · 1.8 km

  Pittulie Castle is an oblong tower house probably dating from 1596, half a mile from Pitsligo Castle, Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. Built by the Frasers of Philorth, it was described…

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  Pitsligo Castle · 2.5 km

  Pitsligo Castle is a ruined castle half a mile east of Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Modified in the 1570s by the Forbes of Druminnor, it was described by W. Douglas Simpson as one of the nine castles of the Kn…

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  Broadsea · 2.7 km

  Broadsea is a community situated in Aberdeenshire in the north east of Scotland. It is a long-standing fishing community at the north edge of Fraserburgh.

• Fraserburgh United F.C. · 2.7 km

  Fraserburgh United Football Club is a Scottish football club from the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, it currently plays in the North of Scotland Football Leagu…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)