Uachdar
Uachdar is a settlement on the Outer Hebridean Island of Benbecula. Uachdar is within the parish of South Uist. The settlement is home to the only bakery on Benbecula, MacLeans Hebridean Bakery, which also has a small shop in the same complex as the bakery itself.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Benbecula Airport and Uist and Barra Hospital.
Benbecula Airport
Aerodrome
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Benbecula Airport is located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
Uist and Barra Hospital
Hospital
Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh is a community hospital in Benbecula which provides services on the islands of North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. Uist and Barra Hospital is situated 2 miles west of Uachdar.
Rueval
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rueval is a peak, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Uachdar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balivanich and Benbecula.
Balivanich
Village
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have. Balivanich is situated 2 miles west of Uachdar.
Benbecula
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have.
Nunton
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have. Nunton is situated 2½ miles southwest of Uachdar.
Uachdar
- Type: Village
- 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
57.47886° or 57° 28′ 44″ northLongitude
-7.33422° or 7° 20′ 3″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9C9JFMH8+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 5138664343OpenStreetMap feature
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