Griminish
Griminish is a village in Western Isles, Scotland. Griminish is situated nearby to the village Torlum, as well as near Liniclate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Borve Castle and St Mary’s Chapel.
Borve Castle
Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borve Castle, also known as Castle Wearie, and Caisteal Bhuirgh in Scottish Gaelic, is a ruined 14th-century tower house, located at the south-west of the island of Benbecula, in the Western Isles of Scotland.
St Mary’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary’s Chapel is a church, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Griminish.
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 2½ miles north of Griminish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benbecula and Nunton.
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 1½ miles northwest of Griminish.
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 2½ miles north of Griminish.
Griminish
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Griminis”
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.44182° or 57° 26′ 31″ northLongitude
-7.36357° or 7° 21′ 49″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9C9JCJRP+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5138664346OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9883829
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