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Gourdon

Gourdon is a village in Kincardineshire, Scotland, with a population of around 750. It has around 1 restaurant or café and 5 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gourdon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Aberdeenshire area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Aberdeenshire
County
Kincardineshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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: 14° / 12° · 32% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:35

13h 1m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Wellington Road, United Kingdom

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

24 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 19 passed
  • 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Laurencekirk (11.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£197,863 average 2.2% YoY

Across Aberdeenshire · to 2026-06

Detached£292,078
Semi-detached£175,620
Terraced£145,281
Flat£99,158

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Arbuthnott Community Association (5.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

264,640 residents in Aberdeenshire

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Your MP

Andrew Bowie

Conservative

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens20
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

14,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 100%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Gourdon railway station (NBR) · 0.1 km

    Gourdon railway station served the village of Gourdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland from 1865 to 1951 on the Montrose and Bervie Railway.

  • Gourdon, Aberdeenshire · 0.1 km

    Gourdon nicknamed Gurdin by the population, is a coastal fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south of Inverbervie and north of Johnshaven, with a natural harbour. Its harbour was built in 1820. It was formerly…

  • Gourdon Lifeboat Station · 0.1 km

    Gourdon Lifeboat Station was located on William Street in Gourdon, a fishing village approximately 27 miles (43 km) south-west of Aberdeen, in the county of Aberdeenshire, historically Kincardineshire, on the east coa…

  • Inverbervie railway station · 1.6 km

    Bervie railway station served the town of Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland from 1865 to 1966 on the Montrose and Bervie Railway.

  • Inverbervie · 1.6 km

    Inverbervie, also known simply as Bervie, is a small town on the north-east coast of Scotland, south of Stonehaven, in the Mearns.

  • Inverbervie Town House · 1.8 km

    Inverbervie Town House is a municipal structure in Church Street in Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The structure, which is primarily used as a public library, is a Category B listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Gourdon?
Gourdon is a town in Kincardineshire, Scotland, in the Aberdeenshire local authority.
What is the population of Gourdon?
Gourdon has an approximate settlement population of 750.
How deprived is Gourdon?
The Aberdeenshire local authority, which includes Gourdon, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.