Scrabster

13°CSunny

• Today: 15° / 6° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:42

13h 5m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

273 reported road collisions (2024)

167 killed or seriously injured · 405 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

153 food businesses within 2 miles

• 82 passed
• 10 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thurso (2.7 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£221,000 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Scrabster Harbour Trust, Scrabster (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Celebrating adult learning and marking International Literacy Day· 11 Sept 2026
• Highland Council welcomes funding boost to support households struggling with fuel costs· 9 Sept 2026
• From Small Beginnings to Award Winning Community-Owned Radio Station· 9 Sept 2026
• Temporary traffic management measures on Staffin Road, Portree· 8 Sept 2026
• Interim Community Council Elections – Close of Nominations· 8 Sept 2026

Source: Highland Council

237,260 residents in Highland

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

4% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

SNP / Independent coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 6
• LD 15
• Grn 3
• Oth 18

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

• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £30,331 avg

e.g. General Assistant, Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN) - Care Home, Customer Assistant (Hiring Immediately)

Source: Adzuna

£775 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,917 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office271 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills210 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test154 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Thurso Lifeboat Station · 0.1 km

  Thurso Lifeboat Station is located at Scrabster Harbour, near the town of Thurso, in the administrative area of Highland, historically Caithness, on the north coast of mainland Scotland.

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  Scrabster · 0.5 km

  Scrabster is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) from Thurso, 22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) from Wick, 112 miles (180 km) from Inverness and 271.7 mil…

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  Clett · 1.2 km

  Clett is a name used for many uninhabited Scottish islets and one to the south, though also in the area inhabited by Vikings. They include -One at 58.623644°N 3.5424908°W, near the north coast of Caithness, just to th…

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  Holborn Head · 1.3 km

  Holborn Head is a rocky headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, Scotland. It forms the western termination of Thurso Bay.

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  Burnside, Highland · 1.4 km

  Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

• Thurso Bay · 1.7 km

  Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a bay of Atlantic water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)