Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Sea off the west shore of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had an usually resident population of 1,283, with a sizable portion of Roman Catholics. It develops 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 eastern and also a comparable 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. 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 flights to Glasgow, Stornoway and Barra. A straight service to Inverness was presented 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 landmass, whilst an additional service from Lochmaddy on North Uist provides a two-hour crossing to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, as well as hence 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) attach to the various other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris as well as Barra specifically. There is a thick cluster of lochs throughout practically the entire island, and nearly all of the island is listed below 20 metres in altitude.