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Gairloch

Gairloch is a village in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, with one pharmacy, four restaurants and cafés, and six bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gairloch 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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 14° / 11° · 40% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 19:50

13h 3m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

35US 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

25 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 20 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

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)

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: School Brae (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches2
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

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

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth 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

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £37,437 avg

e.g. HGV Technician, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Badachro – Flexible Schedule, Become a Biology Tutor in Badachro – Flexible & Remote

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 Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Gairloch High School · 0.0 km

    Gairloch High School is a six-year secondary school in Gairloch, Scotland. Being situated in a remote area of the Highlands, it serves a large catchment area, with over 70% many of the pupils relying on school transpo…

  • Gairloch · 0.1 km

    Gairloch is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a museu…

  • Gairloch Museum · 0.1 km

    Gairloch Museum is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland. The museum is located in the Highland village of Gairloch, in Achtercairn. The museum moved to a new site in 2019- a former Cold War buil…

  • Gairloch Stone · 0.2 km

    The Gairloch Stone is a Class-I Pictish stone that was discovered at Achtercairn in Wester Ross, Scotland, around 1880. Subsequently, the stone was used as masonry for the cemetery wall of Gairloch's church. It has su…

  • Radio Wester Ross · 0.4 km

    Radio Wester Ross is the community focused radio station for the Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Lochbroom areas of Wester Ross in the Highlands of Scotland. The station broadcasts on 106.0 and 106.6 FM in the Gairloch area an…

  • Lonemore, Wester Ross · 1.5 km

    Lonemore is a crofting village on the north shore of Gair Loch near the village of Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Founded by Sir Francis Alexander Mackenzie,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

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