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 an usually resident population of 1,283, with a large percent of Roman Catholics. It creates 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 east as well as a similar distance from north to southern. It lies in between the islands of North Uist as well as South Uist; it is linked to both by road embankments. Traveling to any one of the various 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 also Barra. A straight solution to Inverness was presented in 2006 yet discontinued in May 2007. There are no direct ferryboat services from Benbecula to the mainland, yet a solution operated by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist offers a five-hour going across to Oban on the landmass, whilst another solution from Lochmaddy on North Uist offers a two-hour going across to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and also for this reason to the landmass by means of the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (linked by causeway to North Uist) and Eriskay (linked to South Uist) attach to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and Barra respectively. There is a thick cluster of lochs throughout nearly the whole island, and also almost all of the island is below 20 metres in altitude.
