Forres

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 11° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:44

13h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

2US AQI · Good

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)

77 food businesses within 2 miles

• 64 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Forres (0.2 km)
• 12 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: 172.9p · Esso (0.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Esso (0.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Nairn Road (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

61 jobs advertised · £37,917 avg

e.g. Care Assistant (Flexible Shifts), FLT Driver/Farm hand, Registered Nurse

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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  Forres railway station · 0.2 km

  Forres railway station serves the town of Forres, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen–Inverness line, between Nairn and Elgin, measured 119 miles 42 chains (192.4 km…

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  Forres · 0.2 km

  Forres is a historic market town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Inverness and 12 miles (19 km) west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner o…

• Forres Castle · 0.3 km

  Forres Castle was a fort and castle built near Forres, Scotland. The fort was destroyed in 850 by Vikings. Forres was created a royal burgh by King David I of Scotland in 1140. The castle, once a royal castle, was bu…

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  Mosset Park · 0.5 km

  Mosset Park is a football ground in the town of Forres in the north-east of Scotland, which is the home ground of Highland Football League side Forres Mechanics F.C. It is located on Lea Road in the north of the town…

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  Forres Mechanics F.C. · 0.5 km

  Forres Mechanics Football Club are a senior Scottish association football club from the town of Forres, Moray, currently playing in the Highland League. They play at the town's Mosset Park. Forres Mechanics are the ol…

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  Benromach distillery · 0.5 km

  Benromach distillery is a Speyside distillery founded by Duncan McCallum and F.W. Brickman in 1898 and currently owned and run by Gordon and Macphail of Elgin. It is situated near Forres in Moray and is fed with sprin…

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