Ardfern

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:29Sunset 16:41

9h 12m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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)

• 2 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)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Loch Melfort Hotel, Oban (6.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

Brendan O'Hara

Scottish National Party

Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,945 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 99% · Solar 1%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• 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

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  Ardfern · 0.0 km

  Ardfern is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the south coast of the Craignish peninsula, facing Loch Craignish.

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  Eilean Mhic Chrion · 0.9 km

  Eilean Mhic Chrion is a tidal island sheltering Ardfern in Loch Craignish, Scotland.

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  Craignish · 1.6 km

  Craignish is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland. It lies around 25 miles (40 km) south of Oban, and 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Lochgilphead. The peninsula is around 5.5 miles (8.9 km) lo…

• Eilean Rìgh · 2.5 km

  Eilean Rìgh is an island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It lies in Loch Craignish, about 300 metres off the Argyll coastline. The name is Gaelic for "King's Island", although which royal is not k…

• Craobh Haven · 3.6 km

  Craobh Haven Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kɾɯːv] is a small purpose-built village and sailing port on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated on the Craignish peninsula, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the w…

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  Eilean Buidhe · 3.8 km

  Eilean Buidhe is a bridged island that now forms part of the Craobh Haven marina in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. In 2022 the census recorded a permanent population on the island of six. It is the largest of the small is…

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