There is pride in the club and the population of the town doubles for a couple of hours, but the swarm does little for the local economy in between. But the town has dreamers, and they banded together five years ago to form a co-operative whisky distillery, Glenwyvis , community owned, using renewable energy and barley from local farmers. The last distillery in the town closed a century ago, bringing to an end a long tradition of whisky production. They power their operations using wind, hydro, solar and biomass energy.
While the distillery takes shape, they have been grappling with madcap local planning catchs that stimy their hopes to attract visitors to the distillery. The tours they plan are all for 11am, timed to release those who come to eat out locally afterwards.
Their ambitions are not limited to whisky as they want to turn around the fortunes of Dingwall by attracting in tourists and developing local services to meet the needs of locals and visitors alike. During the lockdown, they have run virtual tours of the distillery, as a taster as it were. Casks have been a good seller, with people buying them as investments and Glenwyvis is selling bottles now of their inaugural malt , for delivery by Christmas You can join me as one of those who will open a bottle in twelve months, but you will have to be fast before this first run is all sold.
You may just taste the community spirit too? Glenwyvis is creating a community charity for local social action, to benefit from a cut on each sale. Or you can opt for their GoodWill Gin , a Highland premium craft product with locally picked Hawthorn berries… and available this Christmas. The tools of a co-op and a community charity, a focus for our support at Pilotlight see for example this post — does it have to be business or charity? The members and their supporters have a long way to go, but as I explain in the John Pearce Memorial Lecture they are using the tools of community economic development to make that journey.
They are helping to regenerate a town which the economy has left behind. With the economic headwinds ahead, this is a story that we can all take heart from. While a large number of inhabitants make the daily commute to Inverness there remains a bustling atmosphere here during working hours. Dingwall's High Street is mostly pedestrianised, although the number of shop delivery vehicles driving through this area require that you keep your wits about you.
The town centre itself contains the usual High Street chains as well as some prosperous local businesses and a number of cafes and restaurants. There are a number of interesting areas to visit in the town, from the canal to the 18th century Town House. Dingwall is also suitably located for exploring Easter Ross and the Black Isle.
Hill walking, coastal trails and the opportunity for dolphin spotting all lie close by. Home Explore the BBC. It is a historic burgh. There is employment in oil related jobs. This type of medium-sized town is extremely mixed in terms of demographics.
There is a particularly wide range of people, housing and activities. The number of older couples with no children are higher than average. There is a mix of professional and non-professional jobs, and part-time and self-employment are both important for a significant proportion of residents. Socioeconomic status is higher than in other kinds of town and there is a mix of professionals and nonprofessionals, those with higher and lower educational attainment.
Dingwall is an independent town. Combining inter-relationships and typology, Dingwall is grouped with 11 other towns. It has similarities to these towns in terms of the number of charities, hospitals, children in primary schools, jobs, shops, and diversity of retail offer.
It also has similarities in the distance travelled to study. Less than similar towns per head of population. More than similar towns per head of population. Less than similar towns. It is designed to complement the national data presented on this page, enabling you to build up a fuller picture of your town. Independent towns have a high number of assets in relation to their population; a strong diversity of jobs; and residents travel shorter distances to travel to work and study.
These towns attract people from neighbouring towns to access their assets and jobs. The USP inter-relationship assessment considers the extent to which places are reliant upon neighbouring localities in terms of 11 different indicators. Read more about how this assessment is calculated in the methodology. The amount of grant funding secured by organisations in a town between — from among four major providers of grant funding in Scotland. This is the percentage of retail types in the town in relation to 37 different retail types.
The higher the percentage, the greater diversity of retail types. Data has been gathered from the Business Register and Employment Survey. Please refer to the Methodology page for further information. This is the difference between the number of people moving in and out of the settlement compared with the previous year. The difference between the number of people moving in and out of the settlement compared with the previous year. Dingwall , Highland Population 5, Significant flows are where the size is at least 10 people and 0.
Inter-relationships 4 What's this? Number of jobs 6. Diversity of jobs 6. Distance travelled to work 0. Number of public sector jobs
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