Drumnadrochit

3°CFog

• Today: 9° / 2° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:29Sunset 16:33

9h 3m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

2US AQI · Good

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)

46 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 passed
• 8 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£224,574 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tourist Information Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Chief Social Work Officer 2025/26 annual report· 30 Oct 2026
• Council backs plans for a new Highland Growth Deal· 29 Oct 2026
• Council to seek views on how to balance £39.2m budget gap· 29 Oct 2026
• Council launches consultation on proposed change of use of Common Good land at Nairn Links Beach· 29 Oct 2026
• Highland Council Visitor Levy Consultation In-person Events Announced· 29 Oct 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

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £35,001 avg

e.g. Depute Head Teacher (Secondary) Glenurquhart High School, Drumnadrochit - HGH22001

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 Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government234 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks198 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately193 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills192 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases180 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Drumnadrochit · 0.3 km

  Drumnadrochit is a village in the Highland local government council area of Scotland, lying near the west shore of Loch Ness at the foot of Glen Urquhart. The village is close to the villages of Milton to the west, Ki…

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  Glen Urquhart High School · 0.7 km

  Glen Urquhart High School is a six-year comprehensive secondary school situated in Drumnadrochit. The school's primary catchment area ranges from Abriachan in the north to Invermoriston in the south, and as far west a…

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  Lewiston, Highland · 1.4 km

  Lewiston is a small linear village, situated less than 1 mile southeast of Drumnadrochit, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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  Milton, Glenurquhart · 1.5 km

  Milton is a village in Glenurquhart, to the west of the village of Drumnadrochit, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies on the north side of the River Enrick, next to the A831 road.

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  River Enrick · 1.7 km

  The River Enrick is a river in the Highland region of Scotland. It flows for around 22 km, in a generally northerly and then easterly direction.

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  Loch Ness Lifeboat Station · 1.9 km

  Loch Ness Lifeboat Station is located on the A82 at Urquhart Bay, just east of the town of Drumnadrochit, just north of the mid-point of Loch Ness, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) south-east of Inverness, in the Highland region…

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