Portknockie

13°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 13° · 79% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 13° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:36

12h 58m 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

50 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 67 casualties · 5.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

40 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 passed
• 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£208,397 average▲ 9.4% YoY

Across Moray · to 2026-06

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)

3,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £26,002 avg

e.g. Lunchtime Auxiliary - MOR12152

Source: Adzuna

£659 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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 100%

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:

• 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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  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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