Isle Of Benbecula
Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Sea off the west coastline of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a normally resident population of 1,283, with a substantial percentage of Roman Catholics. It forms 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 southern. It lies between the islands of North Uist as well as South Uist; it is connected to both by roadway causeways. Traveling to any one of the various other Hebridean islands, or to the British mainland, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has daily trips to Glasgow, Stornoway as well as Barra. A direct solution to Inverness was presented in 2006 however ceased in May 2007. There are no direct ferryboat solutions from Benbecula to the landmass, however a solution run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist gives a five-hour crossing to Oban on the landmass, whilst another solution from Lochmaddy on North Uist offers a two-hour crossing to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and therefore to the landmass via the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (linked by embankment to North Uist) and also Eriskay (connected to South Uist) attach to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and Barra specifically. There is a thick cluster of lochs across virtually the entire island, and also mostly all of the island is below 20 metres in altitude.
