Baleshare

#6347 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Baleshare is a flat tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Baleshare lies to the south-west of North Uist. Its economics and community were boosted by the building of a causeway in 1962. The 350-metre causeway was built by William Tawse Ltd. The island is extremely flat by Hebridean standards, rising to only 12 metres above sea level and known for its long sandy beach. It has a population of 49 living in two settlements: Samhla and Teananachar. ()

Alternative names: Area: 3.47 mi²Coordinates: 57°31'54"N, 7°22'6"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Pobull Fhinn, Teampull na Trionaid, Barpa Langass, Carinish.

3.9 miNE
Archaeological site
Pobull Fhinn, North Uist
100 min walk • Pobull Fhinn is a stone circle on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name is Gaelic. The first word has been variously spelt as pobull, poball, pobul or as plural pobuill.
2 miSE
Church
Teampull na Trionaid, North Uist
50 min walk • Teampull na Trionaid is a ruined 13th-century Augustinian nunnery at Carinish, on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
3.9 miNE
Archaeological site
Barpa Langass, North Uist
100 min walk • Barpa Langass, is a Neolithic chambered cairn on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures about 72 feet in diameter by 18 feet in height, and is around 5,000 years old.
2.2 miE
Archaeological site
Carinish, North Uist
56 min walk • Carinish, is a hamlet on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is in the south of the island, about two miles from the causeway to Benbecula. The hamlet is known for the Carinish Stone Circle and the Trinity Temple. Carinish is within the parish of North Uist and is situated on the A865.
6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Sgadabhagh, North Uist
153 min walk • Loch Sgadabhagh or Loch Scadavay is a body of water on the island of North Uist, Scotland. The name may be of Old Norse derivation meaning "lake of tax bay" although if so, the reason is obscure.
4.9 miSE
Island
Fraoch-Eilean
125 min walk • Fraoch-eilean is a small island with an uncertain population north of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about 55 hectares in extent and the highest point is 11 metres. Its name derives from the Gaelic for "heather island".
5.7 miSE
Island
Grimsay
146 min walk • Grimsay is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
4.3 miS
Village
Balivanich
111 min walk • Balivanich is a village on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is the main centre for Benbecula and the adjacent islands of North Uist, South Uist and several smaller islands.
7.3 miNW
Island
Rockall
187 min walk • Rockall is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by the Republic of Ireland.
2.7 miNW
Island
Kirkibost
69 min walk • Kirkibost is a low-lying island west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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