Duror
Duror is a village in Inverness, Scotland, with a population of around 150. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Duror area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Highland area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).
Weather
5°CSunny
- Today: 9° / 5° · 13% rain
- Tomorrow: 8° / 3° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:37Sunset 16:32
8h 55m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
22US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Inverclyde Greenock A8, United Kingdom
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
5 food businesses within 2 miles
- 3 passed
- 0 need improvement
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 2 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£224,574 average▲ 7.4% YoY
Across Highland · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
1 charging location within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Ballachulish Hotel (6.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Playgrounds3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local news
- 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
- Chief Social Work Officer 2025/26 annual report· 30 Oct 2026
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
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
13,920 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
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 Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber:
- Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government366 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks223 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers191 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills179 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Ban balloon releases176 local signatures · 17,273 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Duror · 0.6 kmDuror, occasionally Duror of Appin, is a small, remote coastal village that sits at the base of Glen Duror, in district of Appin, in the Scottish West Highlands, within the council area of Argyll and Bute in Scotland.…
Achindarroch · 0.9 kmAchadh nan Darach is a hamlet in Highland, Scotland. It lies near the banks of Loch Linnhe on the A828 road, just south of Kentallen, several miles southwest of Fort William. Its name means "field of oaks". It lies at…
Duror railway station · 2.4 kmDuror was a railway station on Cuil Bay on the east shore of Loch Linnhe at Keil, south of Duror, in Highland region. It was on the Ballachulish branch line that linked Connel Ferry, on the main line of the Callander…
Cuil Bay · 2.5 kmCuil Bay, meaning recess, corner, niche or nook, is a 237° facing, large sand and shingle coastal embayment with a semi-circular outline, on a chord of 2 km, situated on the south‐west part of the Ardsheal peninsula,…
Kentallen railway station · 3.4 kmKentallen was a railway station at the head of Kentallen Bay, which is on the southern shore of Loch Linnhe in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was on the Ballachulish branch line that linked Connel Ferry, on…
Fraochaidh · 4.8 kmFraochaidh is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains, located between Glen Coe and Oban on the west coast of Scotland. It lies on the border of Highland and Argyll and Bute.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Duror?
- Duror is a town in Inverness, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
- How deprived is Duror?
- The Highland local authority, which includes Duror, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.