Marybank
Marybank is a settlement on the outskirts of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is also within the parish of Stornoway. Marybank is situated at the junction of the A858 and A859. Lews Castle and Stornoway Golf Club are to the east of Marybank.Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bruach Màiri” and “Marybank, Lewis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lews Castle and Lewis War Memorial.
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.
Lewis War Memorial
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
An Lanntair
Arts center
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
An Lanntair is an arts centre in the town of Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The centre is home to a cinema, and art gallery. Previously located in the Town Hall, An Lanntair moved to its current new building overlooking the harbour in September 2005.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newvalley and Lewis.
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.
Lewis
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lewis and Harris are a single large island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. It's the third largest island in the British Archipelago, only Great Britain and Ireland being larger.
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.
Marybank
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.21813° or 58° 13′ 5″ northLongitude
-6.41449° or 6° 24′ 52″ westOpen location code
9CCM6H9P+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 5315448526OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q6781137
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Marybank” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Marybank (Lewis)”
- Basque: “Marybank”
- Dutch: “Marybank, Lewis”
- French: “Marybank”
- Irish: “Bruach Máiri”
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