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Aviemore

Aviemore is a village in Inverness, Scotland, with a population of around 3,150. There are around 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets, 19 restaurants and cafés, and 19 bus stops in the area. The nearest railway station is Aviemore, 1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Aviemore area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Highland area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Highland
County
Inverness
Constituency
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

13°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 15° / 8° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:45

13h 7m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

89 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 43 passed
  • 19 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Aviemore (1.0 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aviemore (0.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£221,000 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-06

Detached£344,964
Semi-detached£211,204
Terraced£170,564
Flat£125,145

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Outside Winking Owl (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches5
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Highland Council

Population

237,260 residents in Highland

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council control

SNP / Independent coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

34 jobs advertised · £31,097 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Reception - Team Member, Relief Chefs - Live-In Bookings Across Scotland

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Clava cairns of Aviemore · 0.2 km

    There are three Clava cairns in or near the Scottish Highland town of Aviemore. All three were described by Caleb George Cash, an honorary fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, in 1906.

  • Aviemore · 0.4 km

    Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popu…

  • Cairngorm Brewery · 0.5 km

    Cairngorm Brewery is a brewery based in Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the Dalfaber industrial estate at the north end of the village and is within the Cairngorms National Park.

  • Aviemore Speyside railway station · 0.7 km

    Aviemore (Speyside) railway station is an old station in Aviemore, Scotland that closed in July 1998. It was the main terminus on the Strathspey Railway which is still open as a heritage railway and tourist attraction…

  • Aviemore railway station · 1.0 km

    Aviemore railway station serves the town and tourist resort of Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. The station, which is owned by Network Rail (NR) and managed by ScotRail, is on the Highland Main Line, 83 miles 31…

  • Craigellachie National Nature Reserve · 1.6 km

    Craigellachie is a hill lying to the west of the village of Aviemore in Strathspey, in the central Highlands of Scotland. Craigellachie was declared a national nature reserve (NNR) in 1961, and is managed by NatureSco…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Aviemore?
Aviemore is a town in Inverness, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
What is the population of Aviemore?
Aviemore has an approximate settlement population of 3,150.
How deprived is Aviemore?
The Highland local authority, which includes Aviemore, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.