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 a typically resident population of 1,283, with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It forms 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 east as well as a comparable distance from north to south. It lies in between the islands of North Uist and South Uist; it is attached to both by road causeways. Travel 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 everyday flights to Glasgow, Stornoway and also Barra. A straight service to Inverness was introduced in 2006 but terminated in May 2007. There are no straight ferry solutions from Benbecula to the landmass, yet a service run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist provides a five-hour crossing 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 using the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (linked by embankment to North Uist) and also Eriskay (linked to South Uist) attach to the various other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and Barra specifically. There is a dense collection of lochs across practically the whole island, and nearly all of the island is listed below 20 metres in elevation.
