Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a generally resident population of 1,283, with a sizable percent of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the location carried out by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island is about 12 kilometres from west to eastern and also a comparable distance from north to south. It exists in between the islands of North Uist and also South Uist; it is attached to both by road causeways. 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 day-to-day trips to Glasgow, Stornoway and also Barra. A straight solution to Inverness was presented in 2006 however discontinued in May 2007. There are no direct ferryboat solutions from Benbecula to the landmass, however a service run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist provides a five-hour going across to Oban on the mainland, whilst another solution from Lochmaddy on North Uist offers a two-hour going across to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and therefore to the landmass through the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (connected by embankment to North Uist) as well as Eriskay (linked to South Uist) link to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and also Barra specifically. There is a dense cluster of lochs throughout virtually the entire island, and mostly all of the island is below 20 metres in elevation.
