Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra
Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra is a church in Western Isles, Scotland. Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra is situated nearby to the community center Castlebay Community Hall, as well as near the government office Castlebay Council Offices.Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Castlebay, UK
- Also known as: “Barra, Castlebay, Church Of Our Lady Star Of The Sea”, “Barra, Castlebay, Church Of Our Lady Star Of The Sea, Presbytery”, “Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Barra”, and “Our Lady Star of the Sea”
- Address: Bàgh a‘ Chaisteil, Isle of Barra, HS9 5XD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barra Island Lifeboat Station and St Brendan’s Hospital.
Barra Island Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Barra Island Lifeboat Station is situated 600 feet southwest of Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra.
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 2,700 feet southwest of Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra.
Heaval
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Heaval is the highest hill on the Outer Hebridean island of Barra, Scotland. The highest point is 383 metres high above sea level and it is located 1.5 km northeast of Castlebay.
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 Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra.
Barra
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barra is an island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. The main village is the ferry port, Castlebay. A causeway links Barra to the island of Vatersay, and further south are the uninhabited islands of Pabbay, Sandray, Mingulay and Berneray.
Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.95521° or 56° 57′ 19″ northLongitude
-7.48488° or 7° 29′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C8JXG48+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 207954112OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q15108798
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In Other Languages
“Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra” goes by many names.
- German: “Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea”
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Highlights include Castlebay Community Hall and Castlebay Council Offices.
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