Melbost

14°CLight drizzle

• Today: 14° / 13° · 93% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 19:50

12h 59m 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)

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 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)

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Council Offices, Stornoway (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• 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)

• Parks & greens1

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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  Melbost · 0.3 km

  Melbost is a traditionally Gaelic-speaking village in Point on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland's north-west. It is largely a crofting township and is about 2+1⁄2 miles east of Stornoway at the head of…

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  Stornoway Airport · 0.8 km

  Stornoway Airport is an airfield located 2 miles (4 km) east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland.

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  Branahuie · 0.9 km

  Branahuie is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Branahuie is within the parish of Stornoway, and is situated on the A866. It is also close to Stornoway, Stornoway Airport and Melbost.

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  RAF Stornoway · 1.1 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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  Parkend, Lewis · 1.3 km

  Parkend is a hamlet in the Sandwick region of the Isle of Lewis, although like Melbost, it is not a part of the Eye Peninsula. Many people erroneously believe it to be a suburb of Stornoway, on the island of Lewis and…

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  Holm, Lewis · 1.4 km

  Holm Village is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. The modern area of Holm can be split into two distinct areas - "Holm Village" and "Holm Road with Parkend". Holm is within…

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