Barvas

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• Today: 15° / 8° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 12° · Light rain

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:49Sunset 19:54

13h 5m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

17 reported road collisions (2024)

9 killed or seriously injured · 21 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£146,176 average▲ 12.6% YoY

Across Na h-Eileanan Siar · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

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
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£780 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s79 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership76 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers62 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office57 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills50 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• West Side, Lewis · 1.2 km

  The West Side is the name used for the settlements along the NW coast of the Isle of Lewis between Dell in Ness to the NE and Shawbost to the SW.

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  Barvas · 1.3 km

  Barvas is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. It developed around a road junction. The A857 and A858 meet at the southern end of Barvas. North is the road to Ness; west takes the…

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  Brue · 2.9 km

  Brue is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the West Side district, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is a crofting township and it is composed of two areas: Am Baile Staigh, which is nearer the coast, and Pàirc Bhrù,…

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  Baile an Truiseil · 4.8 km

  Ballantrushal is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the West Side district, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Ballantrushal is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A857. The standing stone Clach an Trusha…

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  Clach an Trushal · 4.8 km

  Clach an Trushal is said to be the tallest standing stone in Scotland. Above ground it stands approximately 5.8 metres tall, is 1.83 m wide and at its thickest point is 1.5 m thick, with a girth at its base of 4.75 m.…

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  Arnol · 5.6 km

  Arnol is a small village typical of many settlements of the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Arnol is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A858.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)