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 creates 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 as well as a comparable range from north to southern. It lies between the islands of North Uist and South Uist; it is linked to both by roadway causeways. Traveling to any of the various other Hebridean islands, or to the British mainland, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has everyday trips to Glasgow, Stornoway as well as Barra. A direct service to Inverness was introduced in 2006 yet stopped in May 2007. There are no direct ferry services from Benbecula to the landmass, yet a service operated by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist provides a five-hour crossing to Oban on the landmass, whilst another service from Lochmaddy on North Uist offers a two-hour crossing to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and also therefore to the landmass via the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (connected by embankment to North Uist) and also Eriskay (linked to South Uist) attach to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris as well as Barra specifically. There is a thick collection of lochs across almost the entire island, as well as nearly all of the island is listed below 20 metres in altitude.