Dounby

14°COvercast

• Today: 15° / 13° · 92% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 11° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:39

13h 1m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

13 reported road collisions (2024)

7 killed or seriously injured · 18 casualties · 5.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£236,740 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Orkney Islands · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (0.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Asda (0.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Dounby Community School Ac7.4 Dual (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Occasional Licence - Eoin Harcus - Rendall Community Centre - Wedding - 6 November 2026
• Council Leader welcomes first child
• Occasional Licence - Lodge Odin No 917 Dounby - Masonic Hall, Dounby - Provincial Visitation Meeting, Dinner and Drinks - 30 October 2026
• Occasional Licences x 3 - Katie Macleod - Stromness Community Centre - Community Events - October - November 2026
• Community engagement to get underway on Orkney World Heritage Site Programme

Source: Orkney Islands Council

21,920 residents in Orkney Islands

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Independent majority

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens246
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £12,500 avg

e.g. Relief Social Care Worker, Smiddybrae House - ORK10288, Relief Social Care Assistant, Smiddybrae House - ORK10238

Source: Adzuna

£786 median full-time weekly pay

1.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,234 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction8.2
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2020-21

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers584 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership196 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s176 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills105 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office84 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Dounby · 0.1 km

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  RAF Skeabrae · 2.3 km

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• Loch of Bosquoy · 2.4 km

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  Harray · 3.5 km

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  Dounby Click Mill · 3.6 km

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  RNAS Twatt · 3.8 km

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