Lochmaddy
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Taigh Chearsabhagh and Lochmaddy Sheriff Court.
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.
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.
Sponish House, Lochmaddy, North Uist
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sponish House, Lochmaddy, North Uist is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weavers Point and Locheport.
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. Weavers Point is situated 2½ miles east of Lochmaddy.
Locheport
Village
Photo: Chris McLean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Locheport is a village, which is situated 5 miles southwest of Lochmaddy.
Lochmaddy
- Type: Village with 300 residents
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.59963° or 57° 35′ 59″ northLongitude
-7.16086° or 7° 9′ 39″ westPopulation
300Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LMAOpen location code
9C9JHRXQ+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 33505443OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lochmaddy” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lochmaddy”
- Catalan: “Lochmaddy”
- Chinese: “洛赫馬迪”
- Chinese: “洛赫马迪”
- Chinese: “马达湖”
- Dutch: “Loch nam Madadh”
- French: “Lochmaddy”
- Galician: “Lochmaddy”
- German: “Lochmaddy”
- Irish: “Loch nam Madadh”
- Japanese: “ロクマディ”
- Japanese: “ロッホマディー”
- Manx: “Logh ny Moddee”
- Persian: “لاکمدی”
- Scots: “Lochmaddy”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch nam Madadh”
- Swedish: “Lochmaddy”
- Welsh: “Loch nam Madadh”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of Scotland Berneray-Lochmaddy and UHI Outer Hebrides - North Uist Campus.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Lochmaddy”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.