Knock
Knock, from the Gaelic, An Cnoc, is a village in Point peninsula on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Point is connected by road across a narrow isthmus to Stornoway, the main administrative centre of the Western Isles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cnoc” and “Knock, Isle of Lewis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ui Church and Aignish Farm Raiders Monument.
Aignish Farm Raiders Monument
Memorial
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aignish Farm Raiders Monument is a memorial.
Stornoway Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stornoway Airport is an airfield located 2 NM east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. Stornoway Airport is situated 2½ miles west of Knock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aignish and Branahuie.
Aignish
Village
Photo: Morrismaciver, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Aignish is located northwest of Knock and east of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The township is at the island side of the isthmus connecting to the Eye peninsula.
Branahuie
Village
Photo: Angus Peck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Branahuie is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Branahuie is within the parish of Stornoway, and is situated on the A866. It is also close to Stornoway, Stornoway Airport and Melbost. Branahuie is situated 1½ miles west of Knock.
Bayble
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bayble is a village in Point, on the Isle of Lewis, 6 miles east of Stornoway. Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway. There are around 400 people living in Bayble. Bayble is situated 1½ miles east of Knock.
Knock
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.20291° or 58° 12′ 11″ northLongitude
-6.26782° or 6° 16′ 4″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9CCM6P3J+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 447758378OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Knock” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Knock (Lewis)”
- Basque: “Knock”
- Chinese: “诺克 (刘易斯岛)”
- Chinese: “诺克”
- Chinese: “諾克 (劉易斯島)”
- Dutch: “Knock”
- Irish: “An Cnoc”
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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 “Knock”. Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.