Newmarket (Lewis)

Places of Interest Nearby

Lews Castle

Castle

Photo: David Maclennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lews Castle is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It was built in the years 1844–51 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese opium trade. Lews Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Newmarket (Lewis).

Western Isles Hospital

Hospital

Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Western Isles Hospital is a rural general hospital in Stornoway on Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. Western Isles Hospital is situated 1 mile southeast of Newmarket (Lewis).

Lewis War Memorial

Monument

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The Lewis War Memorial is a war memorial dedicated to the men from the Lewis area who lost their lives in World War I and those who survived the war only to drown while returning home during the 1919 sinking of HMY Iolaire. Lewis War Memorial is situated 1 mile south of Newmarket (Lewis).

Places in the Area

Newmarket

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newmarket is a village in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. It is part of the Leodsoch countryside and a peat site is not far away.

Newvalley

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newvalley is a hamlet on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Newvalley is within the parish of Stornoway. The remains of the Priest's Glen stone circle are located the north of the settlement.

Laxdale

Village

Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Laxdale is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Although nominally a distinct village, Laxdale is now effectively a suburb of Stornoway.

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