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Carrbridge

Carrbridge is a village in Inverness, Scotland. There are 3 restaurants or cafés, 4 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Carrbridge, 0.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Carrbridge 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

12°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 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

3US 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

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 9 passed
  • 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Carrbridge (0.9 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Carrbridge (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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Lochanhully Resort (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

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

Your MP

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National Party

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

Recent votes:

  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65

Source: UK Parliament

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
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 99% · Solar 1%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

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

  • Carrbridge · 0.1 km

    Carrbridge is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies on the River Dulnain, off the A9 road, five miles (8 km) north of Aviemore and eight miles (13 km) west of Grantown-on-Spey. It has…

  • Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge · 0.1 km

    Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge, also known as Coffin Bridge, is a historic packhorse bridge in the village of Carrbridge, in the Scottish Highlands. The bridge was built in 1717 to allow funeral processions to reach Duth…

  • Packhorse bridge · 0.1 km

    A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses across a river or stream. Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the pa…

  • Landmark Forest Adventure Park · 0.6 km

    Landmark Forest Adventure Park is a nature-based theme and adventure park in Carrbridge, Highlands, Scotland, which opened in 1970. It is located within an area of ancient pine woodland and was voted Scotland's Favour…

  • Bogroy · 0.7 km

    Bogroy is a small crofting village, located 0.5 miles northwest of Carrbridge, in Strathspey, in the county of Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies off the A9 ro…

  • Carrbridge railway station · 0.9 km

    Carrbridge railway station serves the village of Carrbridge, Highland, Scotland. The railway station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line, 90 miles from Perth, between Aviemore and Inverness.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Carrbridge?
Carrbridge is a town in Inverness, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
How deprived is Carrbridge?
The Highland local authority, which includes Carrbridge, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.