We present high-sensitivity 1.51 GHz e-MERLIN radio images of the nearby galaxy NGC 6217 .
We resolve the compact radio source at the centre of NGC 6217 for the first time , finding a twin-lobed structure with a total linear size of \sim 4 arcsec ( \sim 400 pc ) .
The radio source does not have a compact central core but there is an unresolved hot spot near the outer edge of the southern lobe .
Combining our e-MERLIN data with new VLA A-Array data and archival multi-wavelength data , we explore possible scenarios which might explain this complex radio morphology .
We conclude that this radio source is most likely powered by a low-luminosity AGN ( LLAGN ) but with a possible important contribution from nuclear star formation .
We also investigate the origin of a putative X-ray jet in NGC 6217 , previously suggested in the literature .
This ‘ jet ’ consists of three X-ray ‘ knots ’ in a line , pointed away from the nucleus , with a total size of \sim 3 arcmin ( \sim 15 kpc ) .
We find no extended radio emission coincident with the ‘ jet ’ .
An additional compact radio source , aligned with the knots but without an X-ray counterpart is detected .
We detect IR/optical sources falling within the X-ray extraction regions of the ‘ knots ’ , but note that these sources could be chance associations due to high source density around the target field and we estimate the probability of three randomly aligned X-ray sources to be 0.3 per cent in this field .