Aird
Aird is a village in the Scottish council area of Eileanan Siar. It is located on the Eye Peninsula on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis. Aird is within the parish of Stornoway, and is situated on the A866 near the northern end of the road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village on Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Aird, Lewis” and “An Àird”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tiumpan Head Lighthouse.
Tiumpan Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tiumpan Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broker and Flesherin.
Broker
Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broker is a small hamlet next to the village of Portvoller and Portnaguran on the Eye Peninsula located on the east side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Flesherin
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flesherin is a small village on the Point peninsula of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Located near Portnaguran, the village has a population of around 100.
Portvoller
Village
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portvoller is a small village on the north tip of the Eye Peninsula, on the Isle of Lewis in northwestern Scotland. It is 9 miles on the A866 from the Outer Hebrides' only town, Stornoway. Portvoller is within the parish of Stornoway.
Aird
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.24466° or 58° 14′ 41″ northLongitude
-6.16178° or 6° 9′ 42″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9CCM6RVQ+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 921547125OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Aird” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Aird (Lewis)”
- Basque: “Aird”
- Dutch: “Aird, Lewis”
- Irish: “Àird an Rubha”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Aird”. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.