Gighay

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Gighay an uninhabited island off the northeast coast of Barra. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°1'13"N, 7°19'54"W

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Gighay – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Heaval, Beinn Sciathan, Fiaraidh, Fuday.

6.4 miSW
Rugged trails and sweeping island views
Heaval, Barra
163 min walk • 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.
4.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Sciathan, Eriskay
112 min walk • Ben Scrien, is the highest point on the Outer Hebridean island of Eriskay. Described as an apparently "uninspiring lump" it nevertheless commands fine views of Barra, South Uist, Skye, Tiree and Coll.
5.3 miNW
Island
Fiaraidh
135 min walk • Fiaraidh is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides. It is 41 ha in size, and 30 metres at its highest point.
2.9 miNW
Island
Fuday
75 min walk • Fuday is an uninhabited island of about 232 hectares and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Scottish Government.
4 miW
Harbor
Northbay, Barra
102 min walk • Northbay is a township and community in the north of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Northbay is within the parish of Barra. There was a long history of settlement in the area - the neolithic standing stones at Borve testify to this.
2.1 miSW
Island
Fuiay
54 min walk • Fuiay is an island in Scotland. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides. Its area is 84 ha and the unnamed highest eminence reaches 107 m. It is located immediately to the west of Flodday and about 1.5 km southwest of Hellisay.
5.6 miNE
Island
Calvay
143 min walk • Calvay, is a currently uninhabited island situated in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, at grid reference NF810126. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation.
3.4 miW
Island
Orosay
87 min walk • Orosay is a small uninhabited tidal island in the Sound of Barra lying at the north end of Traigh Mhòr, the ‘big beach’ on the north east coast of Barra.
0.8 miSW
Island
Hellisay
22 min walk • Hellisay is a currently uninhabited island It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the southern Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
3.6 miN
Neighbourhood
Ceann a' Ghàraidh, Eriskay
92 min walk • Ceann a' Ghàraidh is the location of the ferry terminal on the south-western side of the island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It provides a service across the Sound of Barra to Ardmore on the island of Barra The placename literally means "The head of the garden".
3.5 miW
Village
Ardveenish, Barra
88 min walk • Ardveenish is a village on Barra in the Western Isles, Scotland. Ardveenish is also within the parish of Barra.