Wood Burner in Isle Of Benbecula

Isle Of Benbecula

Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides, in the Atlantic Sea off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had an usually resident population of 1,283, with a large percent of Roman Catholics. It creates part of the area administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island is about 12 kilometres from west to east as well as a similar distance from north to southern. It lies in between the islands of North Uist and also South Uist; it is connected to both by road embankments. Traveling to any of the other Hebridean islands, or to the British mainland, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has day-to-day trips to Glasgow, Stornoway and also Barra. A direct solution to Inverness was introduced in 2006 but stopped in May 2007. There are no straight ferry solutions from Benbecula to the mainland, however a service run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist gives a five-hour going across to Oban on the mainland, whilst one more solution from Lochmaddy on North Uist provides a two-hour going across to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and also hence to the mainland by means of the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (linked by causeway to North Uist) and Eriskay (connected to South Uist) connect to the other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and also Barra respectively. There is a thick collection of lochs across practically the whole island, and also almost all of the island is below 20 metres in altitude.