Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Sea off the west coastline of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a typically resident population of 1,283, with a substantial portion of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the location administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island is about 12 kilometres from west to east as well as a similar range from north to southern. It exists in between the islands of North Uist and also South Uist; it is attached to both by roadway causeways. Traveling to any one of the other Hebridean islands, or to the British landmass, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has everyday flights to Glasgow, Stornoway and Barra. A straight service to Inverness was presented in 2006 yet stopped in May 2007. There are no direct ferryboat solutions from Benbecula to the mainland, however a solution run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist supplies a five-hour crossing to Oban on the mainland, whilst one more solution from Lochmaddy on North Uist provides a two-hour crossing to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and also hence to the mainland using the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (connected by causeway to North Uist) as well as Eriskay (connected to South Uist) attach to the various other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and Barra respectively. There is a dense collection of lochs across virtually the entire island, as well as mostly all of the island is below 20 metres in altitude.