Connel

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 14° / 11° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:55

13h 14m 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 · Greenock A8 Roadside, United Kingdom

97 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 146 casualties · 11.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

1 food businesses within 2 miles

• 0 rated 4–5 ★ (0 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Connel Ferry (0.5 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£179,020 average▼ 3.7% YoY

Across Argyll and Bute · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Barcaldine Castle, Benderloch (6.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds2

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 1
• Con 6
• LD 4
• Ref 2
• Oth 13

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,875 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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 100% · Solar 0%

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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s305 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10%: protect jobs, communities & UK competitiveness297 local signatures · 15,803 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office231 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers191 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Connel Bridge · 0.3 km

  Connel Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans Loch Etive at Connel in Scotland. The bridge takes the A828 road across the narrowest part of the loch, at the Falls of Lora. It is a category B listed structure.

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  Connel · 0.3 km

  Connel is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated on the southern shore of Loch Etive. The Lusragan Burn flows through the village and into the loch.

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  Falls of Lora · 0.4 km

  The Falls of Lora is a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. They form white water rapids for two to five days either side of the spring tides.

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  Connel Ferry railway station · 0.5 km

  Connel Ferry railway station is a railway station serving the village of Connel in western Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway, bet…

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  North Connel railway station · 0.5 km

  North Connel was a railway station located in North Connel, Argyll and Bute, on the north shore of Loch Etive. Its location was at the north end of Connel Bridge. It was on the Ballachulish branch line that linked Con…

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  North Connel · 0.7 km

  North Connel is a hamlet on the north side of Loch Etive in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)