Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Sea off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a generally resident population of 1,283, with a substantial percentage of Roman Catholics. It creates part of the area administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island has to do with 12 km from west to eastern and a comparable range from north to southern. It exists between the islands of North Uist as well as South Uist; it is linked to both by roadway embankments. Travel to any of the various other Hebridean islands, or to the British mainland, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has everyday trips to Glasgow, Stornoway as well as Barra. A direct service to Inverness was presented in 2006 but stopped in May 2007. There are no direct ferry solutions from Benbecula to the mainland, yet a solution operated by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist offers a five-hour going across to Oban on the mainland, whilst an additional service from Lochmaddy on North Uist provides a two-hour going across to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and also hence to the landmass by means of the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (connected by causeway to North Uist) and Eriskay (connected to South Uist) link to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris as well as Barra respectively. There is a thick collection of lochs throughout nearly the entire island, as well as mostly all of the island is listed below 20 metres in elevation.
