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Roybridge

Roybridge is a village in Inverness, Scotland, with a population of around 1. There is 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Roy Bridge, 0.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Roybridge 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
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
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°COvercast

  • Today: 13° / 7° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:45

13h 1m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US 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

  • 3 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Roy Bridge (0.5 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Roy Bridge (0.5 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

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Community Hall Car Park (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

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

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

  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £36,702 avg

e.g. Production Operator, HGV Technician, Manufacturing Operative (Nightshfit)

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 Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Roy Bridge railway station · 0.5 km

    Roy Bridge railway station is a railway station serving the village of Roybridge in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Tulloch and Spean Bridge, sited 87 miles 35 chain…

  • Roybridge · 0.8 km

    Roybridge is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, located three miles east of Spean Bridge, in Kilmonivaig Parish, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Hig…

  • Inverroy · 1.4 km

    Inverroy is a scattered village situated 2 miles east of Spean Bridge in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

  • Bohuntine · 2.1 km

    Bohuntine is a settlement located close to Roybridge, in Lochaber, within the Scottish Highlands, and is in the Highland Council area.

  • Battle of Mulroy · 2.1 km

    The Battle of Mulroy was a Scottish clan battle fought in August 1688 in the Lochaber district of Scotland. It was fought between the Clan Mackintosh who were supported by government troops under Kenneth Mackenzie of…

  • Achluachrach · 2.8 km

    Achluachrach is a small settlement in Glen Spean in Lochaber, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the A86 road, 3 km east of Roybridge and 8 km east of Spean Bridge. The River Spean and the West…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Roybridge?
Roybridge is a town in Inverness, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
What is the population of Roybridge?
Roybridge has an approximate settlement population of 1.
How deprived is Roybridge?
The Highland local authority, which includes Roybridge, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.