Tain

6°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 9° / 5° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US 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)

62 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 passed
• 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tain (0.6 km)
• 17 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: 175.7p · Asda (1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.7p · Asda (1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Queen Street Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

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

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Source: UK Parliament

SNP / Independent coalition

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

11 jobs advertised · £42,317 avg

e.g. PSV Technician, Operations Assistant, Postal Delivery Driver (Postie)

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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  Tain · 0.2 km

  Tain is a market town, royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. It is approximately 133 miles north of Edinburgh, 135 miles north-northeast of Glasgow, and 24 miles north-northeast o…

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  Tain Tolbooth · 0.3 km

  Tain Tolbooth is a municipal building in the High Street, Tain, Highland, Scotland. The structure, which is used as a courthouse, is a Category A listed building.

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  Tain & District Museum · 0.3 km

  The Tain & District Museum is located in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland. It is volunteer-run and is open April to October part of the Tain Through Time visitor centre. The museum was established in 1966 and has a collecti…

• Tain Royal Academy · 0.6 km

  Tain Royal Academy is a secondary school in Highland, Scotland. The school first opened in 1813, with a new building opened in 1969 and an educational campus currently being built, due to open in 2026. Tain Royal Acad…

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  Tain railway station · 0.6 km

  Tain railway station is an unstaffed railway station serving the area of Tain in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 44 miles 23 chains (71.3 km) from Inverness, between Fearn…

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  St Duthus F.C. · 0.7 km

  St. Duthus Football Club is a senior Scottish football club playing in the North Caledonian Football League based at Grant Park in the town of Tain in the Scottish Highlands.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)