Fort Augustus

14°COvercast

• Today: 15° / 10° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 9° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:42

12h 57m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

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)

48 food businesses within 2 miles

• 24 passed
• 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£221,000 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Celebrating adult learning and marking International Literacy Day· 11 Sept 2026
• Highland Council welcomes funding boost to support households struggling with fuel costs· 9 Sept 2026
• From Small Beginnings to Award Winning Community-Owned Radio Station· 9 Sept 2026
• Temporary traffic management measures on Staffin Road, Portree· 8 Sept 2026
• Interim Community Council Elections – Close of Nominations· 8 Sept 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

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Source: UK Parliament

SNP / Independent coalition

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

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £27,976 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Online French Tutoring Job in Fort Augustus – Flexible Schedule, Online French Tutor - Part Time

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 96% · Solar 4%

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 Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership444 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s383 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office256 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases178 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Fort Augustus · 0.1 km

  Fort Augustus is a settlement in the parish of Boleskine and Abertarff, at the south-west end of Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands. The village has a population of around 620 (2020). Its economy is heavily reliant on tou…

• Kilchuimen Academy · 0.2 km

  Kilchuimen Academy is a small secondary school located in Fort Augustus in Scotland. It shares its campus with neighbouring Kilchuimen Primary. The school has approximately 80 students enrolled. In 2009 the school saw…

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  Fort Augustus railway station · 0.2 km

  Fort Augustus was a railway station in Inverness-shire, Scotland on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway between 1903 and 1946.

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  Fort Augustus Abbey · 0.4 km

  Fort Augustus Abbey, properly St Benedict's Abbey, at Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland, was a Benedictine monastery, from late in the nineteenth century to 1998 that also housed a school for boys until 1993.

• Fort Augustus Pier railway station · 1.3 km

  Fort Augustus Pier was a railway station in Inverness-shire, Scotland, and served as the north terminus of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway between 1903 and 1906.

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  River Tarff, Fort Augustus · 1.4 km

  The River Tarff is a river in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. It rises between the hills of Gairbeinn and Geal Charn and flows northwards then southwestwards and finally north-northwestwards into the Great…

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