Habost and Swainbost

14°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:50Sunset 19:50

13h 0m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US 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)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 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: Galson Trust (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches1
• 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
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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  Swainbost · 0.6 km

  Swainbost is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The name Swainbost meaning Sweins steading is of Viking derivation. The settlement is situated in the parish of Bar…

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  Lionel, Lewis · 1.3 km

  Lionel is a village in the Ness area of the Isle of Lewis. Lionel is within the parish of Barvas. Lionel is situated near the northern end of the A857, at the junctions with the B8013 to Eoropie and the B8015 to Eorod…

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  Adabroc · 1.4 km

  Adabrock, is a village in the area of Ness, Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Adabrock is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8015 between Lionel and Eorodale. It is at the northern tip of Lewis…

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  Ness, Lewis · 1.6 km

  Ness is the northernmost part of the Isle of Lewis, a community consisting of about 16 villages, including Lionel, Habost, Swainbost, Cross, North and South Dell, Cross Skigersta, Skigersta, Eorodale, Adabroc, Port of…

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  Cross, Lewis · 1.8 km

  Cross is a township on the Isle of Lewis in the community of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Cross is within the parish of Barvas. Cross is also situated on the A857, between Stornoway and Port of Ness.

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  Fivepenny · 2.0 km

  Fivepenny is one of the many villages in the Lewis district of Ness and part of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Fivepenny is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8014, between Port of Ness…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)