Fochabers

14°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 13° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 13° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:37

12h 58m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Angus Forfar Glamis Rd, 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)

25 food businesses within 2 miles

• 24 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 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: 167.9p · Asda (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (10.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Gordon Castle Walled Garden and Cafe (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds4

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

Seamus Logan

Scottish National Party

Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens41
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised · £30,001 avg

e.g. SCO Painter - MOR11761, Janitor - Milnes High - MOR12154, ACO Plumber (Mosstodloch) - MOR11725

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 Aberdeenshire North and Moray East:

• Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10%: protect jobs, communities & UK competitiveness451 local signatures · 15,803 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office310 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s293 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership254 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test135 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Bellie Kirk · 0.2 km

  Bellie Kirk is a Georgian church of neoclassical design in Fochabers, Scotland, built in 1798 for the 4th Duke of Gordon. It has been in continuous use as a place of worship within the Church of Scotland, and is desig…

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  Gordon Chapel · 0.2 km

  Gordon Chapel is a 19th-century church in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland. It is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church, under the governance of the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness. Designated as a Category A listed bu…

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  Fochabers · 0.3 km

  Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles (16 km) east of the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the east bank of the River Spey. 1,728 people live in the village, which enjoys a…

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  St Mary's, Fochabers · 0.3 km

  St Mary's, Fochabers is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Fochabers, Moray, in Scotland and is a part of the RC Diocese of Aberdeen. The building is significant for the high quality of its altar and stained gl…

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  Milne's High School · 0.5 km

  Milne's High School is a secondary school in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland.

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  Old Spey Bridge, Fochabers · 0.8 km

  The Old Spey Bridge is a footbridge on the outskirts of Fochabers in Moray, Scotland, which formerly carried the main road between Inverness and Aberdeen over the River Spey. Originally built between 1801 and 1806 by…

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