Achduchil

3°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 6° / 3° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 5° / 2° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:34Sunset 16:27

8h 53m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

82US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

245 reported road collisions (2025)

125 killed or seriously injured · 392 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£224,574 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Laggan Wolftrax, Laggan (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Strategic Housing Investment Plan sets out plans to help meet housing demand· 4 Nov 2026
• Caithness Committee approves six Community Regeneration Fund applications· 2 Nov 2026
• Community Regeneration Funds to help Gairloch’s local newspaper· 2 Nov 2026
• Dr Jean Munro recommended to receive Freedom of Grantown-on-Spey· 2 Nov 2026
• Invitation to pay parking boosts Badenoch and Strathspey Area and Common Good Funds· 2 Nov 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

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National Party

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

Source: UK Parliament

SNP / Independent coalition

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 100%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• 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 Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey:

• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces577 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government343 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks245 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately177 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills173 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• 
  Dùn dà Làmh · 1.2 km

  Dùn dà Làmh is a Pictish now ruined hill fort near Laggan in the Scottish Highlands. It became a scheduled monument in 1986, with an extension to the protected area realized in 2001.

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  Laggan, Badenoch · 2.8 km

  Laggan is a village in Badenoch, in the Highland region of Scotland. It is beside the River Spey, about 10 km west of Newtonmore. The A86 road passes through the village and crosses the river on a nearby bridge. It is…

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  Catlodge · 4.4 km

  Catlodge is a hamlet, in the district of Newtonmore in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is located east of Loch Laggan and 7 miles north of Dalwhinnie. One of Gen…

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  Falls of Pattack · 5.5 km

  Falls of Pattack is a waterfall in the Scottish Highlands' Cairngorm National Park. The falls are on the River Pattack, about 2 km south of the A86 road between Kinloch Laggan and Feagour.

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  Kinloch Laggan · 6.1 km

  Kinloch Laggan is a hamlet located at the head of Loch Laggan in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village is situated 12 miles southwest of Newtonmore.

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  River Pattack · 6.4 km

  River Pattack is a river in the Highlands of Scotland. The Pattack drains water northwards from Loch Pattack for 9 miles (14 km) towards Loch Laggan.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)