Fordoun

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 12° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:38

13h 6m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Union Street Roadside, United Kingdom

153 reported road collisions (2024)

94 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Laurencekirk (5.4 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,863 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Aberdeenshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Grassic Gibbon Centre (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

264,640 residents in Aberdeenshire

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

1% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 3% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Andrew Bowie

Conservative

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £50,000 avg

e.g. Blinds and Curtains Installer

Source: Adzuna

£825 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,395 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 98% · Solar 3%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership316 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office245 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills183 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth143 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

• Fordoun railway station · 0.3 km

  Fordoun railway station served the village of Fordoun, Aberdeenshire, Scotland from 1849 to 1956 on the Aberdeen Railway.

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  Fordoun · 0.4 km

  Fordoun is a village and parish in the Mearns, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The parish also contains the village of Auchenblae.

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  Abbeyton Bridge · 2.9 km

  Abbeyton Bridge was a road bridge that carried the B966 road over the Dundee–Aberdeen line.

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  Fordoun Stone · 3.3 km

  The Fordoun Stone is a class II Pictish cross slab in Fordoun parish church, Auchenblae, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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  Auchenblae · 3.3 km

  Auchenblae is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, formerly in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The village was known for its weavers, a whisky distillery and the annual Paldie's Fair horse market.

• Glenbervie House · 4.6 km

  Glenbervie House is a mansion house, which has incorporated parts of an earlier castle, located near Glenbervie, Kincardine and Mearns, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)