North Tolsta
North Tolsta is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the east side of the Isle of Lewis. North Tolsta is within the parish of Stornoway. Tolsta is notable for its long sandy beach Traigh Mhor At the end of Tolsta's long sandy beach there are five caves, only visitable during low tide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Tolastadh bho thuath” and “Tolsta”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Tolsta and Back.
New Tolsta
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Tolsta is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. New Tolsta is within the parish of Stornoway, and it lies to the north of North Tolsta, at the end of the B895 road.
Back
Village
Photo: peter knudssen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Back is a district and a village in the parish of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, situated on a coastal area known as Loch a'Tuath, or Broad Bay. Back is situated 6 miles southwest of North Tolsta.
North Tolsta
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.34642° or 58° 20′ 47″ northLongitude
-6.2093° or 6° 12′ 34″ westElevation
285 feet (87 metres)Open location code
9CCM8QWR+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 813457365OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“North Tolsta” goes by many names.
- Basque: “North Tolsta”
- Dutch: “North Tolsta”
- French: “North Tolsta”
- German: “North Tolsta”
- Irish: “Tolastadh bho Thuath”
- Welsh: “Tolastadh bho Thuath”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Geardha Beag and Glen Tolsta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crannog and North Tolsta Post Office.
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