North Uist Machair and Islands, North Uist

Name: North Uist Machair and Islands
Address: North Uist, United Kingdom

#12 among attractions in North Uist

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The North Uist Machair and Islands is a protected wetland area in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. A total of 4,705 hectares comprises seven separate areas: four sites on the west and north coasts of North Uist, as well as the whole of the island of Boreray and parts of Berneray and Pabbay in the Sound of Harris. The site primarily contains machair areas, with a range of habitats including sand dunes, acid grassland and freshwater wetlands, including nutrient-rich marshes and fens, wet and dry machair and saltmarsh. It has been protected as a Ramsar Site since 1999. ()

Coordinates: 57°40'50"N, 7°13'60"W

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North Uist United Kingdom

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North Uist Machair and Islands – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dun an Sticir, Lochmaddy, Boreray, Na Fir Bhrèige.

1 miE
Archaeological site
Dun an Sticir, North Uist
25 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.
6 miSE
Harbor
Lochmaddy, North Uist
153 min walk • Lochmaddy is the administrative centre of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Na Madaidhean are rocks in the bay after which the loch, and subsequently the village, are named. Lochmaddy is within the parish of North Uist.
2.9 miNW
Island
Boreray
74 min walk • Boreray is an island with a single croft, lying 2 kilometres north of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
3.7 miS
Archaeological site
Na Fir Bhrèige, North Uist
95 min walk • Na Fir Bhrèige is a set of three standing stones on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. They lie on the northwestern slope of Blashaval. The stones are set in a line that runs WNW to ESE, nearly in alignment with the peaks of Blashaval and Maari. They protrude 0.7m...
0.8 miW
Island
Lingeigh
21 min walk • Lingeigh is an uninhabited island off North Uist, south east of Boreray. It is separated from North Uist by Traigh Lingeigh.
3.3 miNE
57°42'50"N • 7°10'8"W
Berneray Bikes, Berneray
85 min walk • Memorial
4.5 miSE
Island
Ceallasaigh Beag
115 min walk • Ceallasaigh Beag is a low-lying island in Loch Maddy off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. This an area of shallow lagoons filled and drained by the tides each day.
1.9 miNE
Neighbourhood
Otternish, North Uist
49 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.
4.6 miSW
Neighbourhood
Sollas, North Uist
119 min walk • Sollas is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of North Uist, Scotland.