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Culbokie

Culbokie is a village in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, with a population of around 250. There are four bus stops and the nearest railway station is Dingwall, 4.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Culbokie 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
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
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

15°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 16° / 8° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:47

13h 8m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 5 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Dingwall (5.2 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Dingwall (5.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£221,000 average 4.8% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-06

Detached£344,964
Semi-detached£211,204
Terraced£170,564
Flat£125,145

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Morrisons (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Morrisons (11.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Highland Farm Cottages NR Heights of Brae (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

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:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP / Independent coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £34,000 avg

e.g. Senior Technician - Groundworks

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 98% · Solar 2%

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 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Culbokie · 0.3 km

    Culbokie is a small village in Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. It is located on the north side of the Black Isle. The village is 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Dingwall and about 9 miles (14 km) north o…

  • Utopia Experiment · 0.4 km

    The Utopia Experiment was an experiment by Dylan Evans, set up in 2006 at Netherton Farm, near Culbokie on the Black Isle peninsula in the Scottish highlands. It involved a group of volunteers improvising a post-apoca…

  • Cromarty Bridge · 2.3 km

    The Cromarty Bridge is a road bridge over the Cromarty Firth in Scotland.

  • Duncanston · 2.9 km

    Duncanston is a scattered crofting and rural village, lying 3 miles east of Conon Bridge, on the Black Isle in Inverness, within the Scottish Highlands and the Scottish council area of Highland.

  • Mountgerald · 3.5 km

    Mountgerald is a small hamlet which lies close to the head of the Cromarty Firth, on the west coast. It is 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Dingwall, in the eastern edge of Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scot…

  • Mounteagle transmitting station · 3.8 km

    The Mounteagle transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the town of Fortrose, Scotland, in Highland. It includes a 243.8 metres (800 ft) high guyed steel lattice mast.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Culbokie?
Culbokie is a town in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
How deprived is Culbokie?
The Highland local authority, which includes Culbokie, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.