Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Ocean off the west shore of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a generally resident population of 1,283, with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the area administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island is about 12 km from west to east and also a similar distance from north to southern. It exists between the islands of North Uist and also South Uist; it is linked 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 trips to Glasgow, Stornoway as well as Barra. A direct solution to Inverness was introduced in 2006 but discontinued in May 2007. There are no direct ferry solutions from Benbecula to the mainland, but a service run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist supplies a five-hour crossing to Oban on the landmass, whilst one more solution from Lochmaddy on North Uist provides a two-hour going across to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, as well as thus to the mainland via the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (linked 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 across nearly the whole island, and almost all of the island is listed below 20 metres in elevation.
