Duffus

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• Today: 17° / 12° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:43

13h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

50 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 67 casualties · 5.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,397 average▲ 9.4% YoY

Across Moray · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 162.7p · Asda (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (8.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Silver Sands Holiday Park (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

94,730 residents in Moray

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 24%

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

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National Party

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised · £28,339 avg

e.g. Become a French Tutor in Duffus – Flexible & Remote, Chef De Partie, Education Administrator

Source: Adzuna

£659 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,035 disposable income per head (2024)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 100%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey:

• Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10%: protect jobs, communities & UK competitiveness616 local signatures · 15,803 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces577 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s390 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership330 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office254 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Duffus · 0.1 km

  Duffus is a village and parish in Moray, Scotland. It is best known for the nearby Duffus Castle, St. Peters' Kirk, and Spynie Palace.

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  Gordonstoun · 1.4 km

  Gordonstoun School is a co-educational private school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and his son Charles III attended the school.

• Inverugie Castle, Moray · 1.8 km

  Inverugie Castle was a castle, in the parish of Duffus, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-west of Elgin, Moray, Scotland, and 1.0 mile (1.6 km) south of Hopeman.

• Unthank, Moray · 1.9 km

  Unthank is the name of two farms, Wester Unthank and Easter Unthank, in Moray, Scotland. The settlement was the site of a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, founded before 1222 and connected with Duffus Castle.

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  Sculptor's Cave · 2.0 km

  The Sculptor's Cave is a sandstone cave on the south shore of the Moray Firth in Scotland, near the small settlement of Covesea, between Burghead and Lossiemouth in Moray. It is named after the Pictish carvings incise…

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  Duffus Castle · 2.4 km

  Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c. 1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations. The most fundamental was the destruction of the origi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)