Leurbost
Leurbost is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is approximately 6 miles south of Stornoway on the road to Harris.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 500 residents
- Description: village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Liurbost” and “Luirbost”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rainish Eilean Mòr.
Rainish Eilean Mòr
Islet
Photo: londonaye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rainish Eilean Mòr is an uninhabited island in Loch Orasaigh, north of the village of Leurbost in the area of South Lochs on the Isle of Lewis, Lewis and Harris. Rainish Eilean Mòr is situated 1½ miles northeast of Leurbost.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crossbost and Cromore.
Crossbost
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crossbost is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the parish of North Lochs, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is located approximately ten miles away from Stornoway, the main town on the island.
Cromore
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cromore is a crofting township on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Pairc, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Lochs. Cromore is situated 3½ miles southeast of Leurbost.
Caversta
Village
Photo: Sarah Egan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cabharstadh or Caversta is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caversta is situated in the district of Pairc, and is within the parish of Lochs. Caversta is situated 3½ miles south of Leurbost.
Leurbost
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.14382° or 58° 8′ 38″ northLongitude
-6.46506° or 6° 27′ 54″ westPopulation
500Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
9CCM4GVM+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4195694190OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2644580Wikidata ID
Q3775785
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Leurbost” goes by many names.
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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 Wikipedia page “Leurbost”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.