Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coastline of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had an usually resident population of 1,283, with a substantial percentage of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the area carried out by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island has to do with 12 kilometres from west to eastern and also a comparable distance from north to southern. It lies between the islands of North Uist and also South Uist; it is linked to both by roadway embankments. Travel to any of the other Hebridean islands, or to the British landmass, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has daily trips to Glasgow, Stornoway and Barra. A straight solution to Inverness was presented in 2006 but ceased in May 2007. There are no straight ferry services from Benbecula to the landmass, but a service run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist supplies a five-hour crossing 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, and also thus to the landmass via the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (connected by embankment to North Uist) as well as Eriskay (connected to South Uist) link to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and also Barra respectively. There is a dense collection of lochs across almost the entire island, as well as nearly all of the island is below 20 metres in altitude.
