Breakish

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 14° / 10° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 12° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:48Sunset 19:50

13h 2m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

273 reported road collisions (2024)

167 killed or seriously injured · 405 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

25 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£221,000 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 170.9p · Asda (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: The Co-Operative, Broadford (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Celebrating adult learning and marking International Literacy Day· 11 Sept 2026
• Highland Council welcomes funding boost to support households struggling with fuel costs· 9 Sept 2026
• From Small Beginnings to Award Winning Community-Owned Radio Station· 9 Sept 2026
• Temporary traffic management measures on Staffin Road, Portree· 8 Sept 2026
• Interim Community Council Elections – Close of Nominations· 8 Sept 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

SNP / Independent coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 6
• LD 15
• Grn 3
• Oth 18

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

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Area Sales Manager

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

• 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 Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership444 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s383 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office256 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases178 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Lower Breakish · 1.1 km

  Lower Breakish is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

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  Upper Breakish · 1.1 km

  Upper Breakish is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in the United Kingdom.

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  Ashaig · 1.8 km

  Ashaig is a small township, situated adjacent to Upper Breakish and Lower Breakish near Broadford on the island of Skye, Scotland. For administrative purposes, it lies in the Highland Council area.

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  Harrapool · 2.2 km

  Harrapool is a village on the southeast coast of the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies on the right-hand side of Broadford Bay, with the town of the bay to the e…

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  Broadford Airfield · 2.5 km

  Isle of Skye (Broadford) Airfield is a small airfield on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, with a single runway. It is next to the hamlet of Ashaig, near the village of Broadford.

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  Skye and Lochalsh · 3.0 km

  Skye and Lochalsh was a local government district, created in 1975 as one of eight districts within the Highland region in Scotland. It include the Isle of Skye and the Lochalsh area on the mainland. The main offices…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)