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 portion 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 east and a similar distance from north to south. It exists in between the islands of North Uist as well as South Uist; it is attached to both by roadway causeways. Travel to any 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 also Barra. A straight service to Inverness was presented in 2006 but ceased in May 2007. There are no straight ferry services from Benbecula to the landmass, yet a solution operated by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist supplies a five-hour going across to Oban on the mainland, whilst one more service from Lochmaddy on North Uist gives a two-hour crossing to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and thus to the landmass using the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (connected by causeway to North Uist) as well as Eriskay (linked to South Uist) connect to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris as well as Barra specifically. There is a thick collection of lochs across virtually the whole island, as well as mostly all of the island is below 20 metres in altitude.