Loch Maddy
Loch Maddy is a bay in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch Maddy is situated nearby to the locality Strom na Fuirneis, as well as near the hamlet Sponish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Neil King, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Loch nam Madadh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lochmaddy Sheriff Court and Flodday.
Lochmaddy Sheriff Court
Courthouse
Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochmaddy Sheriff Court, also known as County Buildings, is a judicial building in Lochmaddy in Scotland. The building, which continues to be used as a courthouse, is a Category C listed building.
Flodday
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flodday is an uninhabited island in Loch Maddy, North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The area of the island is recorded as 50 hectares in Rick Livingstone's tables, although it is not listed by Hamish Haswell-Smith in his tabulation of Scottish islands greater in size than 40 hectares.
Taigh Chearsabhagh
Building
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Taigh Chearsabhagh is an arts centre and museum in Lochmaddy on the island of North Uist, Scotland. Taigh Chearsabhagh was built in 1741 and originally used as an inn; it has since served as a post office, house and workshop before being developed as an arts centre since 1993.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochmaddy and Weavers Point.
Lochmaddy
Village
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures 20 miles north-south, 25 miles east-west, and is separated from Benbecula to the south by a tidal ford, nowadays bridged by a causeway.
Weavers Point
Locality
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weavers Point is a headland to the north of the entrance to Loch Maddy, on the north eastern coastline of North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. There has been a lighthouse on the headland since 1980.
Loch Maddy
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.60044° or 57° 36′ 2″ northLongitude
-7.13241° or 7° 7′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C9JJV29+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 5152214923OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2643237Wikidata ID
Q24639394
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Maddy” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Maddy”
- Swedish: “Loch Maddy”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Strom na Fuirneis and Sponish.
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