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 an usually resident population of 1,283, with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the area carried out by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island is about 12 kilometres from west to east and also a comparable distance from north to southern. It exists between the islands of North Uist and South Uist; it is connected to both by roadway causeways. Travel to any one of the other Hebridean islands, or to the British landmass, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has day-to-day flights to Glasgow, Stornoway as well as Barra. A direct solution to Inverness was presented in 2006 however ceased in May 2007. There are no direct ferry solutions from Benbecula to the mainland, yet a solution run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist gives a five-hour going across to Oban on the landmass, whilst one more solution from Lochmaddy on North Uist offers a two-hour going across to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, as well as for this reason to the mainland using the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (connected by embankment to North Uist) and also Eriskay (linked to South Uist) connect to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and Barra specifically. There is a dense collection of lochs throughout almost the whole island, as well as nearly all of the island is listed below 20 metres in altitude.
