Benside
Benside is a neighborhood in Western Isles, Scotland. Benside is situated nearby to the hamlet Newvalley, as well as near the village Newmarket.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lews Castle and Western Isles Hospital.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newvalley and Newmarket.
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.
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.
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.
Benside
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Beinn na Saighde”
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.23275° or 58° 13′ 58″ northLongitude
-6.40079° or 6° 24′ 3″ westOpen location code
9CCM6HMX+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 6420972486OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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