Branahuie
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Angus Peck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bràigh na h-Aoidhe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stornoway Airport and Ui Church.
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.
Aignish Farm Raiders Monument
Memorial
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aignish Farm Raiders Monument is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melbost and Holm.
Melbost
Village
Photo: Angus Peck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbost is a traditionally Gaelic-speaking village in Point on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland's north-west. It is largely a crofting township and is about 2+1⁄2 miles east of Stornoway at the head of an isthmus connecting with the Eye Peninsula.
Holm
Village
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm Village is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. The modern area of Holm can be split into two distinct areas - "Holm Village" and "Holm Road with Parkend".
Parkend and Holm
Hamlet
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parkend is a hamlet in the Sandwick region of the Isle of Lewis, although like Melbost, it is not a part of the Eye Peninsula. Many people erroneously believe it to be a suburb of Stornoway, on the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Branahuie
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.20486° or 58° 12′ 18″ northLongitude
-6.31341° or 6° 18′ 48″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9CCM6M3P+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 447751773OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Branahuie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Branahuie”
- Dutch: “Branahuie”
- French: “Branahuie”
- Irish: “Bráigh na h-Aoidhe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bràigh na h-Aoidhe”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mackenzie Park and Aignish.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loch Branahuie and Stornoway Airport.
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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 “Branahuie”. Photo: Angus Peck, CC BY-SA 2.0.