Rothes

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• Today: 16° / 7° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:40

13h 3m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

39US 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)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 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)

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Craigellachie Recharge Station (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches6
• 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
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £27,976 avg

e.g. 360 Excavator Operator, Service Engineer, Cleaner

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% · Solar 0%

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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  Rothes railway station · 0.2 km

  Rothes railway station served the town of Rothes, Moray, Scotland from 1858 to 1968 on the Morayshire Railway.

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  Rothes · 0.2 km

  Rothes is a town in Moray, Scotland, on the banks of the River Spey, 10 miles (16 km) south of Elgin. The town had a population of 1,252 at the 2011 Census. A settlement has been here since AD 600.

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  Grant Hall, Rothes · 0.3 km

  Grant Hall, formerly Rothes Town Hall, is a municipal building in New Street, Rothes, Moray, Scotland. The structure is currently used as a community events venue.

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  Rothes F.C. · 0.3 km

  Rothes Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the town of Rothes in Moray and currently play in the Highland League. The club was originally founded in 1907 as a Junior club, Rothes Victoria, before turnin…

• Caperdonich distillery · 0.4 km

  Caperdonich distillery was a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Rothes, Scotland.

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  Glen Spey distillery · 0.4 km

  Glen Spey distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Rothes, Moray at the centre of the Speyside whisky producing area of Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)