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11°CCloudy

• Today: 12° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:42Sunset 16:34

8h 52m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

12 reported road collisions (2025)

4 killed or seriously injured · 18 casualties · 4.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

2 food businesses within 2 miles

• 2 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£147,416 average▲ 13.6% YoY

Across Na h-Eileanan Siar · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Western Isles Hospital, Stornoway (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

25,770 residents in Na h-Eileanan Siar

• Under 16: 14%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Independent majority

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,560 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£780 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,351 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction8.2
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Na h-Eileanan an Iar:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers62 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills50 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government45 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately32 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals29 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Tong, Lewis · 0.6 km

  Tong is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, 4 miles northeast of the main town of Stornoway on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta. The population of the village is 527. Fishing forms part of the local economy.

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  Steinish · 3.1 km

  Steinish is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis, near Plasterfield and Stornoway Airport. Steinish is situated within the parish of Stornoway, and is also situated adjacent to the Laxdale es…

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  Newmarket, Lewis · 3.2 km

  Newmarket is a village in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. It is part of the Leodsoch countryside and a peat site is not far away. Its nearest town is Stornoway and the nearest coun…

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  RAF Stornoway · 3.3 km

  Royal Air Force Station Stornoway, more commonly known as RAF Stornoway is a former Royal Air Force station and aerodrome near the town of Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, in the Western Isles of Scotland, operating f…

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  Coll, Lewis · 3.4 km

  Coll is a farming settlement near Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Coll is situated on the B895, between Stornoway and New Tolsta, and is also within the parish of Stornoway.

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  Laxdale · 3.5 km

  Laxdale is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Although nominally a distinct village, Laxdale is now effectively a suburb of Stornoway. Laxdale is also within the parish of Stornoway. There…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)