Portknockie

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:31Sunset 16:18

8h 47m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Union Street Roadside, United Kingdom

46 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 65 casualties · 4.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

41 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 passed
• 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£203,371 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across Moray · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Cluny Place Car Park (7.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

94,730 residents in Moray

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 24%

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 (minority)

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£659 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,035 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 85% · Solar 16%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government272 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK139 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately127 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth115 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills109 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Portknockie · 0.1 km

  Portknockie is a coastal village on the Moray Firth within Moray, Scotland.

• Portknockie railway station · 0.3 km

  Portknockie railway station was a railway station that served the small fishing village of Portknockie, close to Cullen in Moray. The railway station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) on its Mo…

• Green Castle, Portknockie · 0.4 km

  Green Castle is a naturally defended rocky outcrop in the village of Portknockie in Moray, Scotland, that was occupied successively by small promontory forts of the Iron Age and Pictish periods.

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  Bow Fiddle Rock · 0.7 km

  Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow.

• Tronach Castle · 1.3 km

  Tronach Castle was a castle, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Portknockie, Moray, Scotland, near the shore.

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  Cullen Viaduct · 2.0 km

  The Cullen Viaduct is a former single-track railway viaduct at the Moray Firth in Cullen, Moray, Scotland. Containing eight arches, it formerly carried the Great North of Scotland Railway line between Portsoy in Aberd…

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