Barra Heritage & Cultural Centre
Barra Heritage & Cultural Centre is a museum in Western Isles, Scotland. Barra Heritage & Cultural Centre is situated nearby to Castlebay Community Library, as well as near Castlebay Community School.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castlebay Community School and St Brendan’s Hospital.
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 390 feet northwest of Barra Heritage & Cultural Centre.
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 1,500 feet south of Barra Heritage & Cultural Centre.
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 2,100 feet east of Barra Heritage & Cultural Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlebay and Caolas.
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.
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 1½ miles southwest of Barra Heritage & Cultural Centre.
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 Heritage & Cultural Centre.
Barra Heritage & Cultural Centre
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Dualchas” and “Heritage Centre”
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.95587° or 56° 57′ 21″ northLongitude
-7.49542° or 7° 29′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C8JXG43+8ROpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=museum
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castlebay Community Library and UHI Outer Hebrides - Barra Campus.
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