Castlebay
Castlebay is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Store, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra and Barra Island Lifeboat Station.
Barra Island Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barra Island Lifeboat Station is located at Castlebay, a village at the southern end of the Isle of Barra, part of the Outer Hebrides, an archipelago sitting off the north-west coast of Scotland.
St Brendan’s Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Brendan's Hospital is a hospital in Castlebay on the island of Barra, Eileanan Siar. It is managed by NHS Western Isles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borve and Caolas.
Borve
Village
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borve is a village on the west coast of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road. Borve is situated 2 miles north of Castlebay.
Caolas
Village
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caolas, is a small settlement on the island of Vatersay, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of Barra. It is the westernmost settlement in Scotland. Caolas is situated 2 miles west of Castlebay.
Barra
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barra is an island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. The main village is the ferry port, Castlebay. A causeway links Barra to the island of Vatersay, and further south are the uninhabited islands of Pabbay, Sandray, Mingulay and Berneray.
Castlebay
- Type: Village with 434 residents
- Description: village and community council area on the island of Barra, Scotland
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.95512° or 56° 57′ 18″ northLongitude
-7.48597° or 7° 29′ 10″ westPopulation
434Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CBAOpen location code
9C8JXG47+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1779449879OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Castlebay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Castlebay”
- Catalan: “Castlebay”
- Cebuano: “Castlebay”
- Chinese: “卡斯尔贝”
- Chinese: “卡斯爾貝”
- Dutch: “Castlebay”
- French: “Castle Bay”
- French: “Castlebay”
- German: “Bàgh a‘ Chaisteil”
- German: “Castlebay”
- Irish: “Bagh a‘ Chaisteil”
- Irish: “Bàgh a‘ Chaisteil”
- Irish: “Bàgh a’ Chaisteil”
- Italian: “Castlebay”
- Japanese: “キャッスルベイ”
- Manx: “Bàgh a‘ Chaisteil”
- Manx: “Baie yn Chashtal”
- Persian: “کسلبی”
- Polish: “Castlebay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bagh a‘ Chaisteil”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bàgh a‘ Chaisteil”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bàgh a’ Chaisteil”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bàgh a’Chaisteil”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Castlebay”
- Swedish: “Castlebay”
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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 “Castlebay”. Photo: Paul Store, CC BY-SA 2.0.