Barra Island Lifeboat Station
Barra Island Lifeboat Station is located at Castlebay, a village at the southern end of the Isle of Barra, part of the Outer Hebrides, an archipelago sitting off the north-west coast of Scotland.Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra and St Brendan’s Hospital.
Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra
Church
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra is situated 600 feet northeast of Barra Island Lifeboat Station.
St Brendan’s Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Brendan's Hospital is a hospital in Castlebay on the island of Barra, Eileanan Siar. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. St Brendan’s Hospital is situated 2,100 feet west of Barra Island Lifeboat Station.
Castlebay Community School
School
Castlebay Community School is a bilingual Gaelic/English school for ages 3–18 on the Scottish island of Barra. There are four schools on Barra - three in Castlebay - the Nursery School/Sgoil àraich, Castlebay Primary School/Bun-sgoil Bhàgh a’ Chaisteil, and… Castlebay Community School is situated 2,200 feet west of Barra Island Lifeboat Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlebay and Borve.
Castlebay
Village
Photo: Paul Store, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Borve is situated 2 miles north of Barra Island Lifeboat Station.
Caolas
Village
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caolas, is a small settlement on the island of Vatersay, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of Barra. It is the westernmost settlement in Scotland. Caolas is situated 2 miles west of Barra Island Lifeboat Station.
Barra Island Lifeboat Station
- Type: Building
- Description: lifeboat station in Outer Hebrides, England, UK
- Category: lifeboat station
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.9541° or 56° 57′ 15″ northLongitude
-7.48708° or 7° 29′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C8JXG37+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 207641219OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q108283827
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