Kilcreggan

10°CMist

• 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

52US AQI · Moderate

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)

48 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 passed
• 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gourock (2.6 km)
• 0 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (6.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: The Pier Gourock (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

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
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,875 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Philosophy Tutor in Kilcreggan – Flexible & Remote, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Kilcreggan – Flexible Schedule

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 70% · Nuclear 31%

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

• 
  Kilcreggan · 0.6 km

  Kilcreggan is a village on the Rosneath Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland.

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  Lindowan Reservoir · 1.0 km

  Lindowan Reservoir is of the impounding variety, located 1 kilometre north of Kilcreggan. It used to be the main source of water for a nearby threshing mill. The earthfill dam is 3 metres high, and was constructed bef…

• Portkil · 1.4 km

  Portkil is a village on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and is at the south end of the Rosneath Peninsula.

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  Cove Burgh Hall · 1.7 km

  Cove Burgh Hall is a municipal structure in Shore Road in Cove, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Category B listed building.

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  Craig Ailey · 2.1 km

  Craig Ailey is a villa at Cove, originally named Italian Villa. The site above a craig (cliff) gives views over the Firth of Clyde and its junction with Loch Long. It was designed in 1850 by Alexander Thomson, and bui…

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  Cove, Argyll · 2.4 km

  Cove is a village on the south-west coast of the Rosneath Peninsula, on Loch Long, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)