Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Ocean off the west shore of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had an usually resident population of 1,283, with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It develops part of the area carried out 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 distance from north to southern. It exists in between the islands of North Uist and also South Uist; it is connected to both by road embankments. Traveling to any of the various other Hebridean islands, or to the British mainland, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has daily trips to Glasgow, Stornoway and Barra. A direct service to Inverness was introduced in 2006 however discontinued in May 2007. There are no direct ferry solutions from Benbecula to the landmass, however a service operated by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist supplies a five-hour crossing to Oban on the landmass, whilst another service from Lochmaddy on North Uist gives a two-hour going across to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, as well as therefore to the mainland through the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (linked by causeway to North Uist) as well as Eriskay (connected to South Uist) attach to the various other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris as well as Barra specifically. There is a thick collection of lochs throughout nearly the entire island, and almost all of the island is below 20 metres in altitude.
