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Spean Bridge

Spean Bridge is a village in Inverness, Scotland, with a population of around 570. It has around 4 restaurants and cafés, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Spean Bridge, 0.6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Spean Bridge 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

5°CMist

  • Today: 6° / 3° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 7° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:38Sunset 16:27

8h 49m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, 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

18 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 passed
  • 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Spean Bridge (0.2 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Spean Bridge (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£224,574 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-08

Detached£349,591
Semi-detached£215,076
Terraced£174,559
Flat£126,614

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Community Hall Car Park (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

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
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £42,848 avg

e.g. Marine Technician - boat fleet maintenance, Site Engineer, Care Assistant (Flexible Shifts)

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 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Spean Bridge railway station · 0.2 km

    Spean Bridge railway station is a railway station serving the village of Spean Bridge in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Roy Bridge and Fort William, sited 90 miles…

  • Spean Bridge · 0.5 km

    Spean Bridge is a village in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland region of Scotland.

  • Highbridge, Scotland · 2.3 km

    Highbridge is located on the River Spean, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) downstream from the village of Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands. The village takes its name from this bridge.

  • Highbridge Skirmish · 2.3 km

    The Highbridge Skirmish was the first engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745 between government troops and Jacobites loyal to Prince Charles Edward Stuart. It took place at Highbridge, Lochaber, on the River Spean…

  • Inverroy · 3.7 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.

  • Gairlochy railway station · 3.9 km

    Gairlochy was a railway station in western Scotland. It was the first station on the Highland Railway's branch to Fort Augustus. It opened in 1903 and was closed in 1947.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Spean Bridge?
Spean Bridge is a town in Inverness, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
What is the population of Spean Bridge?
Spean Bridge has an approximate settlement population of 570.
How deprived is Spean Bridge?
The Highland local authority, which includes Spean Bridge, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.