Broadford

8°CClear

• Today: 9° / 5° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:41Sunset 16:32

8h 51m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US 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)

37 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 8 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: 175.9p · Asda (0.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (0.5 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 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Strategic Housing Investment Plan sets out plans to help meet housing demand· 4 Nov 2026
• 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

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

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Source: UK Parliament

SNP / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £39,791 avg

e.g. Electrician, Marine Operative, Sous Chef

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 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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  Broadford Parish Church · 0.1 km

  Broadford Parish Church, Skye is a parish church in the Church of Scotland in Broadford, Skye.

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  Broadford, Skye · 0.3 km

  Broadford, together with nearby Harrapool, is the second-largest settlement on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lying in the shadow of the Red Cuillin mountains, Broadford is within the parish of Strath. A long meandering…

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  Mackinnon Memorial Hospital · 0.5 km

  The former Mackinnon Memorial Hospital building is now vacant; it sits adjacent to the new Broadford Hospital, all services having moved into this new purpose built building in March 2022. It was a community hospital,…

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  Harrapool · 1.3 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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  Corriechatachan · 2.0 km

  Corriechatachan is a farmstead, lying at the foot of Beinn na Caillich, near Broadford, on the Isle of Skye. Until the 19th century, it was a tack farmed by a cadet branch of the Clan Mackinnon. Notable visitors inclu…

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  Skye and Lochalsh · 3.3 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)