Auldearn

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• Today: 9° / 3° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 1° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:34Sunset 16:22

8h 48m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

40US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

245 reported road collisions (2025)

125 killed or seriously injured · 392 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Nairn (3.9 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£224,574 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Court House Lane Car Park (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Caithness Committee approves six Community Regeneration Fund applications· 2 Nov 2026
• Community Regeneration Funds to help Gairloch’s local newspaper· 2 Nov 2026
• Dr Jean Munro recommended to receive Freedom of Grantown-on-Spey· 2 Nov 2026
• Invitation to pay parking boosts Badenoch and Strathspey Area and Common Good Funds· 2 Nov 2026
• Chief Social Work Officer 2025/26 annual report· 30 Oct 2026

Source: Highland Council

237,260 residents in Highland

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

4% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% 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

SNP / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £43,405 avg

e.g. MOT Tester, Diesel Fitter, Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£775 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,917 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 satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

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

• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces577 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government343 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks245 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately177 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills173 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  Battle of Auldearn · 0.4 km

  The Battle of Auldearn was an engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It took place on 9 May 1645, in and around the village of Auldearn in Nairnshire. It resulted in a victory for the royalists, led by the Marq…

• Auldearn · 0.6 km

  Auldearn is a village situated east of the River Nairn, just outside Nairn in the Highland council area of Scotland. It takes its name from William the Lion's castle of Eren, built there in the 12th century.

• Kinsteary House · 1.2 km

  Kinsteary House is a manor house and site of a possible castle located south of Auldearn, Highland in Scotland.

• Auldearn railway station · 1.7 km

  Auldearn was a railway station located near Nairn, in the Scottish administrative area of Highland. The station was on the line from Aberdeen to Inverness.

• Brightmony House · 1.8 km

  Brightmony House is an 18th-century manor house located south of Auldearn, Highland in Scotland. It is a Category A listed building

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  Kingsteps · 2.7 km

  Kingsteps is a hamlet in Nairnshire about a mile east-north-east of Nairn, UK. It faces north to a wide sandy beach at low tide.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)