Loch Grinnavat
Loch Grinnavat is a lake in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch Grinnavat is situated nearby to the hamlet Newvalley, as well as near the neighborhood Benside.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 Lewis and Stornoway.
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.
Stornoway
Photo: JamesMorrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stornoway is the main town on Lewis and the admin centre for all of Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Indeed it's the only town in these islands; it has the best amenities and transport links, and it's the obvious base for exploring both Lewis and Harris.
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.
Loch Grinnavat
- Type: Lake
- Also known as: “Loch Grinneabhat”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.2373° or 58° 14′ 14″ northLongitude
-6.4208° or 6° 25′ 15″ westOpen location code
9CCM6HPH+WMOpenStreetMap ID
way 50848178OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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