Lochgoilhead

13°CLight rain shower

• Today: 15° / 9° · 93% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:48

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US 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)

2 food businesses within 2 miles

• 1 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 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)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Forest Holidays-Ardgartan Argyll (7.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• 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
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,875 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £36,761 avg

e.g. Cook, HGV Technician, ASN Assistant - ARB18597

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 99% · Solar 2%

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

• 
  Lochgoilhead · 0.3 km

  Lochgoilhead is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It stands at the head of Loch Goil.

• The Steeple (Lochgoilhead) · 1.1 km

  The Steeple is a small hill in the Ardgoil Peninsula and Arrochar Alps behind the village of Lochgoilhead within Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. The peak reaches a height of 382 m.

• Tom nan Gamhna · 1.6 km

  Tom nan Gamhna is a 389-metre tall mountain within the Ardgoil Peninsula and Arrochar Alps near Lochgoilhead in Argyll, Scottish Highlands.

• Càrn Glas (Argyll and Bute) · 3.0 km

  Càrn Glas is a mountain in the Ardgoil Peninsula and the Arrochar Alps near Lochgoilhead, Scotland. It reaches a height of 536.1 metres (1,759 ft), with a summit marked on Ordnance Survey mapping at 502 m (1,647 ft).

• 
  Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn · 3.3 km

  Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn is a mountain on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll, Scotland, northwest of Lochgoilhead.

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  Cnoc Còinnich · 3.4 km

  Cnoc Còinnich is a Corbett situated in Ardgoil in the Argyll & Bute council region and forms part of the Arrochar Alps.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)