Bragar

15°CLight rain shower

• Today: 15° / 12° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 19:51

13h 0m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US 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)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 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)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: North Shawbost (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

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

Torcuil Crichton

Labour

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

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

1,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Computer science Tutor - Part Time, Become a Personal trainers Tutor in Bragar – Flexible & Remote, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Bragar – Flexible Schedule

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 97% · Solar 3%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• 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

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  Bragar · 0.2 km

  Bragar is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 14 miles from the island's only town, Stornoway. Bragar is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A858 between Ca…

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  Arnol · 2.5 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.

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  Shawbost · 3.0 km

  Shawbost is a large village in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis. The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around 20 miles west of Lewis's capital Stornoway. Shawbost is within the parish of Ba…

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  Brue · 5.4 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,…

• Mullen Bridge · 5.7 km

  Mullen Bridge is an old bridge crossing the Royal Canal in Maynooth in County Kildare, Ireland. It was built between 1790 and 1800.

• West Side, Lewis · 6.9 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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