Barra
Barra is an island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. The main village is the ferry port, Castlebay. A causeway links Barra to the island of Vatersay, and further south are the uninhabited islands of Pabbay, Sandray, Mingulay and Berneray.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 1,080 residents
- Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Isle of Barra”
- Postal code: HS9
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Heaval and Isle of Barra distillery.
Heaval
Peak
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Heaval is the highest hill on the Outer Hebridean island of Barra, Scotland. The highest point is 383 metres high above sea level and it is located 1.5 km northeast of Castlebay.
Isle of Barra distillery
Distillery
Isle of Barra distillery at Borve, Barra, Scotland is a planned future whisky distillery on Barra. The Barra Distillery company was founded in 2003 but the distillery buildings are still to be constructed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlebay and Borve.
Castlebay
Village
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Castlebay is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay.
Borve
Village
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Borve is a village on the west coast of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.
Bayherivagh
Village
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Northbay is a township and community in the north of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Northbay is within the parish of Barra.
Barra
- Category: island
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Barra” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Barra”
- Asturian: “islla de Barra”
- Basque: “Barra”
- Bishnupriya: “বার্রা”
- Breton: “Barraigh”
- Catalan: “Illa de Barra”
- Cebuano: “Barra”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Barra (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Chinese: “巴拉岛”
- Czech: “Barra”
- Dutch: “Barra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بارا”
- Esperanto: “Barra”
- Finnish: “Barra”
- Finnish: “Barraigh”
- French: “Barra”
- German: “Barra”
- Greek: “Μπάρα”
- Hebrew: “ברה”
- Hungarian: “Barra”
- Icelandic: “Barrey”
- Irish: “Barraigh”
- Italian: “Barra”
- Japanese: “バラ島”
- Korean: “바라섬”
- Lithuanian: “Bara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barra”
- Norwegian: “Barra”
- Polish: “Barra”
- Portuguese: “Barra”
- Russian: “Барра”
- Scots: “Barra”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Barraigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Bharraigh”
- Serbian: “Бара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Barra”
- Spanish: “Barra”
- Swedish: “Barra”
- Vietnamese: “Barra”
- Welsh: “Barraigh”
- “Barra”
- “Barraigh”
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