Argyll and Bute

8°CSunny

• Today: 10° / 4° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:36Sunset 16:35

8h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Inverclyde Greenock A8, United Kingdom

82 reported road collisions (2025)

41 killed or seriously injured · 116 casualties · 9.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£192,735 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Argyll and Bute · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · ESSO (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · ESSO (11 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

87,310 residents in Argyll and Bute

• Under 16: 14%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

5% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

SNP / Liberal Democrat / Independent / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 6
• LD 4
• Ref 2
• Oth 12

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

• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,945 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

315 jobs advertised · £38,940 avg

e.g. Project Engineer, PCV Driver, Housing and Neighbourhood Services Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£726 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,370 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government366 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks223 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers191 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills179 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Ban balloon releases176 local signatures · 17,273 nationwide

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

• 
  Ardifuir · 1.0 km

  Ardifuir is a locality and area of historic settlement in the civil parish of Kilmartin, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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  Duntrune Castle · 1.1 km

  Duntrune Castle is located on the north side of Loch Crinan and across from the village of Crinan in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle on mainland Scotland.…

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  Loch Crinan · 1.7 km

  Loch Crinan is a seawater loch on the West of Scotland, leading into the Sound of Jura and being the western end of the Crinan Canal. The village of Crinan is at the entrance to the canal at the eastern end of the loc…

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  River Add · 2.2 km

  The River Add is a river which runs through Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. Historically, it was known as the river Airigh but to avoid confusion with the Aray, it was renamed the River Add.

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  Crinan Canal · 2.4 km

  The Crinan Canal is a nine-mile-long (14 km) navigable canal in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It opened in 1801 and connects the village of Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp with Crinan on the Sound of Jura, providing a na…

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  Crinan, Argyll · 2.5 km

  Crinan is a small village located on the west coast of Scotland in the region known as Knapdale, which is part of Argyll and Bute. Before the Crinan Canal was built, Crinan was named Port Righ which meant the king's p…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)