Breakish

9°CSunny

• Today: 11° / 6° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:34Sunset 16:39

9h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US 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)

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 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)

• Cheapest petrol: 176.9p · Asda (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 201.9p · 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

• Chief Social Work Officer 2025/26 annual report· 30 Oct 2026
• Council backs plans for a new Highland Growth Deal· 29 Oct 2026
• Council to seek views on how to balance £39.2m budget gap· 29 Oct 2026
• Council launches consultation on proposed change of use of Common Good land at Nairn Links Beach· 29 Oct 2026
• Highland Council Visitor Levy Consultation In-person Events Announced· 29 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

SNP / Independent coalition

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

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government234 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks198 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately193 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills192 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases180 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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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)