Boreray

#4362 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Boreray is an island with a single croft, lying 2 kilometres north of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°42'46"N, 7°16'59"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Dun an Sticir, Lingeigh, Berneray Bikes, Otternish.

3.5 miSE
Archaeological site
Dun an Sticir, North Uist
90 min walk • Dun an Sticir is an Iron Age broch situated approximately 9.5 kilometers north of Lochmaddy in a loch on North Uist in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. A building was erected on the site in the late medieval period.
2.3 miSE
Island
Lingeigh
60 min walk • Lingeigh is an uninhabited island off North Uist, south east of Boreray. It is separated from North Uist by Traigh Lingeigh.
4.2 miE
57°42'50"N • 7°10'8"W
Berneray Bikes, Berneray
108 min walk • Memorial
3.5 miE
Neighbourhood
Otternish, North Uist
90 min walk • Otternish is the former North Uist terminal for the ferry to Berneray, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The slipway lies 6 miles north of Lochmaddy, and is situated within the parish of North Uist. Otternish is situated on the B893, and when the Berneray causeway was completed in December 1998, the slipway was no longer needed.
4.4 miNE
Island
Pabbay
112 min walk • Pabbay is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland which lies in the Sound of Harris between Harris and North Uist. The name comes from Papey, which is Norse for "Island of the papar". The island was once very fertile, supporting a three-figure population and exporting corn, barley and illicit whisky.
6 miSW
Island
Vallay
153 min walk • Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people. Its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is...
4.9 miSW
Neighbourhood
Sollas, North Uist
125 min walk • Sollas is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of North Uist, Scotland.