Catfirth

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:36Sunset 16:00

8h 24m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

8 reported road collisions (2025)

4 killed or seriously injured · 11 casualties · 3.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£180,869 average▼ 11.2% YoY

Across Shetland Islands · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Fair Isle Primary School receives ‘excellent’ HMIE inspection· 3 Nov 2026
• Lerwick Town Hall hosts WW1 exhibition· 2 Nov 2026
• Cunningsburgh Early Years receives excellent report from inspectors· 28 Oct 2026
• Operational note – Road diversion due to landslip south of Garderhouse on the B9071· 22 Oct 2026
• Operational note – Oil spill on the A970 between Voe and Brae· 22 Oct 2026

Source: Shetland Islands Council

22,710 residents in Shetland Islands

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Independent majority

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

1,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£864 median full-time weekly pay

1.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,531 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday8.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers584 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months157 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government132 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills106 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks85 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

• RAF Catfirth · 2.3 km

  RAF Catfirth was a First World War seaplane base located on the island of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The base was under the control of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), and later Royal Air Force (RAF)

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  Viking Wind Farm · 2.7 km

  Viking Wind Farm is a large on-shore wind farm in the Shetland Islands which was developed by Viking Energy, a partnership between Shetland Islands Council and SSE plc. It has a generation capacity of 443 MW.

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  Weisdale · 2.9 km

  Weisdale is a bay, hamlet and ancient parish on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. The bay opens near the northern extremity of Scalloway Bay, and strikes four and a half miles to the north north east.

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  Weisdale Mill · 3.1 km

  Weisdale Mill is a watermill in the village of Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland. It is located near the head of Weisdale Voe on the west of the island, a twenty-minute drive from the main town of Lerwick.

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  Freester · 3.3 km

  Freester is a settlement on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. It is in the parish of Nesting.

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  Central Mainland · 3.8 km

  The Central Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland, the largest of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is located between Hellister, Aith and Voe.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)