Biomass Boiler in Isle Of Benbecula

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 generally resident population of 1,283, with a sizable portion of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the area carried out by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council. The island is about 12 kilometres from west to east and a comparable distance from north to south. It lies in between the islands of North Uist as well as South Uist; it is connected to both by roadway embankments. 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 day-to-day trips to Glasgow, Stornoway and Barra. A direct solution to Inverness was presented in 2006 however ceased in May 2007. There are no straight ferry solutions from Benbecula to the mainland, but a solution run by Caledonian MacBrayne from Lochboisdale on South Uist provides a five-hour going across 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 hence to the landmass through 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 other Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and also Barra specifically. There is a dense collection of lochs across almost the whole island, and almost all of the island is listed below 20 metres in altitude.