Garelochhead

14°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 8° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:47

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US 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)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 4 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Garelochhead (0.4 km)
• 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)

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · ESSO (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (11.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Rosslea Hall Hotel (7.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• 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
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,875 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £34,164 avg

e.g. Principal Electrical Engineer, Operational Technology Cyber Security Consultant (All Levels), HV Designer/Power Systems Engineer

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 86% · Nuclear 11% · Solar 3%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South 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

• 
  Garelochhead · 0.1 km

  Garelochhead is a small village on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the nearest village to HM Naval Base Clyde.

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  Garelochhead railway station · 0.4 km

  Garelochhead railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the Gare Loch, in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT. It is sited 8 miles 76…

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  Garelochhead Training Area · 1.1 km

  Garelochhead Training Area is a military training area located near Garelochhead in Scotland.

• Whistlefield, Dunbartonshire · 1.3 km

  Whistlefield is a location just north of Garelochhead on the B872 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. There is a roundabout known locally as the "Whistlefield roundabout" on the A814 road. There is a viewpoint called the "Wh…

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  Faslane Castle, Shandon Castle, and St Michael's Chapel · 1.5 km

  Faslane Castle and Shandon Castle were two mediaeval Scottish castles which once stood near the shores of the Gareloch, in Dunbartonshire, between the locations which later became the village of Garelochhead and town…

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  Whistlefield railway station · 1.7 km

  Whistlefield, later Whistlefield Halt, was a minor station on the West Highland Line 10.30 miles from Craigendoran Junction railway station near the hamlet of Portincaple on Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Opene…

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