Aird
Aird is a village in Western Isles, Scotland. Aird is situated nearby to the locality Quirnish, as well as near the village Nunton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uist and Barra Hospital and Benbecula Airport.
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.
Benbecula Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Benbecula Airport is situated 1½ miles northeast of Aird.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nunton and Balivanich.
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.
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.
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.
Aird
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Àird”
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.46721° or 57° 28′ 2″ northLongitude
-7.40113° or 7° 24′ 4″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C9JFH8X+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3233042948OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9883831
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