Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a typically resident population of 1,283, with a large percent of Roman Catholics. It creates part of the location provided by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island has to do with 12 kilometres from west to eastern and a comparable distance from north to south. It exists between the islands of North Uist as well as South Uist; it is connected to both by roadway causeways. Travel to any 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 Barra. A straight service to Inverness was introduced in 2006 however stopped in May 2007. There are no straight ferryboat services from Benbecula to the mainland, however a solution run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist gives a five-hour going across to Oban on the mainland, whilst one more solution from Lochmaddy on North Uist supplies a two-hour going across to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and also hence to the landmass through the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (linked by causeway to North Uist) and Eriskay (connected to South Uist) connect to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and Barra respectively. There is a thick collection of lochs throughout nearly the whole island, and also almost all of the island is below 20 metres in elevation.
