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Balintore

Balintore is a village in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, with a population of around 1,090. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Fearn, 5.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Balintore area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Highland area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Highland
County
Ross and Cromarty
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

6°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 9° / 5° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:38Sunset 16:20

8h 42m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

13 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 8 passed
  • 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Fearn (5.4 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Fearn (5.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£224,574 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-08

Detached£349,591
Semi-detached£215,076
Terraced£174,559
Flat£126,614

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 175.7p · Asda (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.7p · Asda (9.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Highland Council

Population

237,260 residents in Highland

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Your MP

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £65,000 avg

e.g. Pharmacist - Balintore

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 100%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Balintore, Easter Ross · 0.2 km

    Balintore is a village near Tain in Easter Ross, Scotland. It is one of three villages on this northern stretch of the Moray Firth coastline: Hilton, Balintore, and Shandwick are known collectively as the Seaboard Vil…

  • Seaboard Villages · 0.3 km

    The Seaboard Villages are three contiguous coastal villages, situated about 10 km southeast of the town of Tain in Easter Ross, Scotland. They face east onto the Moray Firth.

  • Shandwick · 0.7 km

    Shandwick, a village near Tain in Easter Ross, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland, Scotland.

  • Clach a' Charridh · 1.1 km

    The Clach a' Charridh or Shandwick Stone is a Class II Pictish stone located near Shandwick on the Tarbat peninsula in Easter Ross, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. Since 1988 it has been encased in a glass cover…

  • Hilton of Cadboll · 1.5 km

    Hilton of Cadboll, or simply Hilton, is a village about 15 km (9 mi) southeast of Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is famous for the Hilton of Cadboll Stone.

  • Hilton of Cadboll Stone · 1.7 km

    The Hilton of Cadboll Stone is one of the most magnificent of all Pictish cross-slabs. It was erected on the East coast of the Tarbat Peninsula in Easter Ross, Scotland about AD 800. It seems likely that, at the time,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Balintore?
Balintore is a town in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
What is the population of Balintore?
Balintore has an approximate settlement population of 1,090.
How deprived is Balintore?
The Highland local authority, which includes Balintore, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.