Muir of Ord

2°CMist

• Today: 9° / 2° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 7° / 0° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:37Sunset 16:25

8h 48m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US 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)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Muir of Ord (0.2 km)
• 14 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)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Lovat Arms Hotel (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• Chief Social Work Officer 2025/26 annual report· 30 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

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Source: UK Parliament

SNP / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

11 jobs advertised · £31,938 avg

e.g. Senior Health and Safety Advisor, LE3 Linesman / Plant Operator, Van Driver

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 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government283 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately213 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills211 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks197 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth119 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Muir of Ord · 0.2 km

  Muir of Ord is a village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated near the western end of the Black Isle, about 9 miles (14 km) west of the city of Inverness and 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) sout…

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  Muir of Ord railway station · 0.2 km

  Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is 13 miles 4 chains from…

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  Glen Ord distillery · 0.9 km

  Glen Ord distillery is a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands.

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  Bishop Kinkell · 2.0 km

  Bishop Kinkell is a small scattered crofting hamlet 1.5 miles south of Conon Bridge in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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  Muir of Tarradale · 2.1 km

  Muir of Tarradale is a scattered crofting township, lying 1.5 miles east of Muir of Ord on the western side of the Black Isle, in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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  Windhill · 2.2 km

  Windhill is a hamlet in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland council area of Scotland, about halfway between the villages of Beauly and Muir of Ord, beside the A862. It is just to the north of a small stream which marks…

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