Attractions in The Outer Hebrides

44 places from our The Outer Hebrides guide, from Barra & Vatersay to The Uists & Benbecula. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.

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Bezienswaardigheden

Attractions in The Outer Hebrides

44 places

Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Isle of Harris & TarbertHistorisch huis
Landhuis

Amhuinnsuidhe Castle

Category A listed 19th-century house by the B887 in North Harris, now run as exclusive accommodation and a sporting estate.

  • Isle of Harris & Tarbert, The Outer Hebrides
An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Kunstcentrum

An Lanntair

Arts centre on the Stornoway waterfront with an art gallery, a cinema, an auditorium and a café bar.

Binnen
  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Annie Jane Monument, Barra & VatersayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Gedenkteken

Annie Jane Monument

Memorial on Vatersay to the emigrant ship Annie Jane, wrecked off the island in 1853 with the loss of about 350 lives.

Buiten
  • Barra & Vatersay, The Outer Hebrides
Arnol Blackhouse, Isle of Lewis & StornowayHistorisch huis
Historisch huis

Arnol Blackhouse

Fully furnished thatched blackhouse where a family and its animals once lived under one roof, run by Historic Environment Scotland.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Bàgh Halaman, Barra & VatersayPark of natuur
Strand

Bàgh Halaman

Sandy bay on the west coast of Barra at Tangasdale, on the island ring road.

Buiten
  • Barra & Vatersay, The Outer Hebrides
Balranald RSPB Reserve, The Uists & BenbeculaPark of natuur
Natuurreservaat

Balranald RSPB Reserve

RSPB reserve on the west coast of North Uist with sandy beaches, a rocky shore, marshes and dunes.

Buiten
  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Barpa Langass, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Chambered cairn

Barpa Langass

Neolithic chambered cairn about 5,000 years old, around 22 metres across and 5.5 metres high, on North Uist.

  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Borve Castle, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Ruined tower house

Borve Castle

Ruined 14th-century tower house, also called Castle Wearie, in the south-west of Benbecula; a scheduled monument.

  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Vuurtoren

Butt of Lewis Lighthouse

Unpainted red-brick lighthouse by David Stevenson, built in the 1860s at the northern tip of Lewis and automated in 1998.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Calanais Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Neolithic stone circle

Calanais Standing Stones

Neolithic stone circle with stone rows, built around 2750 BC and cared for by Historic Environment Scotland, with a visitor centre nearby.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Clach an Trushal, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Standing stone

Clach an Trushal

Single standing stone about 5.8 metres high in Ballantrushal, said to be the tallest in Scotland; it is the last stone of a circle.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Dun an Sticir, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Broch uit de ijzertijd

Dun an Sticir

Iron Age broch in a loch about 9.5 km north of Lochmaddy; a building was raised on the site in the late medieval period.

  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Dun Carloway, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Broch uit de ijzertijd

Dun Carloway

Well-preserved broch on a rocky knoll above Loch Carloway; on its east side the wall still stands about 9 metres high.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Dùn Èistean, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Archaeological site

Dùn Èistean

Inter-tidal sea stack near Knockaird with ruined buildings and a turf wall, the traditional stronghold of the Morrisons of Ness.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Dun Vulan, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Broch uit de ijzertijd

Dun Vulan

Iron Age broch on the west coast of South Uist, near Bornish.

  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Eilean Glas Lighthouse, Isle of Harris & TarbertAndere bezienswaardigheid
Vuurtoren

Eilean Glas Lighthouse

Lighthouse on the east coast of Scalpay, the first in the Hebrides and one of the four original Northern Lights.

  • Isle of Harris & Tarbert, The Outer Hebrides
Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Restored blackhouse village

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village

Nine restored thatched cottages by the shore at Garenin, lived in until 1974; now holiday cottages, a café and a hostel.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Heaval, Barra & VatersayPark of natuur
Heuvel

Heaval

Highest hill on Barra at 383 metres, about 1.5 km north-east of Castlebay, with views south over the Barra Isles.

Buiten
  • Barra & Vatersay, The Outer Hebrides
Hushinish Beach, Isle of Harris & TarbertPark of natuur
Strand

Hushinish Beach

White-sand beach at the end of a 19 km single-track road, looking out to the uninhabited island of Scarp.

Buiten
  • Isle of Harris & Tarbert, The Outer Hebrides
Iolaire Memorial, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Gedenkteken

Iolaire Memorial

Memorial to the Iolaire, wrecked at the mouth of Stornoway harbour on New Year's Day 1919 with more than 200 lives lost.

Buiten
  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Isle of Harris Distillery, Isle of Harris & TarbertAndere bezienswaardigheid
Distilleerderij

Isle of Harris Distillery

Distillery in Tarbert making Harris gin and whisky, the first legal distillery built on Harris; CalMac mentions tours and tastings.

Binnen
  • Isle of Harris & Tarbert, The Outer Hebrides
Lewis War Memorial, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Oorlogsmonument

Lewis War Memorial

Memorial completed in 1924 on the highest point of Stornoway, remembering Lewis men lost in the First World War and the Iolaire.

Buiten
  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Lews Castle and Museum nan Eilean, Isle of Lewis & StornowayKasteel
Kasteel en museum

Lews Castle and Museum nan Eilean

Victorian country house built in the 1840s for Sir James Matheson; the modern extension houses Museum & Tasglann nan Eilean, opened in 2016.

Binnen
  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Luskentyre Beach, Isle of Harris & TarbertPark of natuur
Strand

Luskentyre Beach

Long sandy beach on the west coast of Harris, reached from the A859 by a minor road.

Buiten
  • Isle of Harris & Tarbert, The Outer Hebrides
Ormacleit Castle, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Ruined mansion

Ormacleit Castle

Shell of an early 18th-century house built for the Clanranald chief and said to have burned down in 1715.

  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Our Lady of the Isles, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Standbeeld

Our Lady of the Isles

Large sculpture of the Madonna and Child on the hillside above the A865 in South Uist.

Buiten
  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Pobull Fhinn, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Steencirkel

Pobull Fhinn

Prehistoric stone circle on North Uist near Langass; the Gaelic name can be translated as Fionn's people.

  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Scolpaig Tower, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Folly

Scolpaig Tower

Georgian folly near the village of Scolpaig in the north-west of North Uist.

Buiten
  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Seilebost Beach, Isle of Harris & TarbertPark of natuur
Strand

Seilebost Beach

Sandy beach beside the A859 at Seilebost, across the estuary from Luskentyre.

Buiten
  • Isle of Harris & Tarbert, The Outer Hebrides
Steinacleit, Isle of Lewis & StornowayAndere bezienswaardigheid
Prehistorische vindplaats

Steinacleit

Stone setting on a low hill once thought to be a cairn and stone circle, which may in fact be an early farmstead.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Taigh Chearsabhagh, The Uists & BenbeculaMuseum
Museum and arts centre

Taigh Chearsabhagh

Museum and arts centre in Lochmaddy for heritage, visual arts and Gaelic culture, with a café and exhibitions.

Binnen
  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
Teampall Mholuaidh, Isle of Lewis & StornowayKathedraal of kerk
Medieval church

Teampall Mholuaidh

St Moluag's Church in Eoropie, reached on foot along a short path from the road and one of the busiest visitor sites in Ness.

  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Teampull na Trionaid, The Uists & BenbeculaAndere bezienswaardigheid
Ruined nunnery

Teampull na Trionaid

Ruins of a 13th-century Augustinian nunnery at Carinish, believed to be a daughter house of the Iona nunnery.

  • The Uists & Benbecula, The Outer Hebrides
The Clisham, Isle of Harris & TarbertPark of natuur
Berg

The Clisham

At 799 metres the highest mountain in the Outer Hebrides and its only Corbett; expect boggy ground and rain.

  • Isle of Harris & Tarbert, The Outer Hebrides
Tràigh Mhòr, Barra & VatersayPark of natuur
Strand

Tràigh Mhòr

Wide shallow bay of cockle sand at the north end of Barra that doubles as the airport runway.

Buiten
  • Barra & Vatersay, The Outer Hebrides
Uig Sands, Isle of Lewis & StornowayPark of natuur
Strand

Uig Sands

Wide sands of Tràigh Ùige in the far west of Lewis; the 12th-century Lewis chessmen were found at Uig in 1831.

Buiten
  • Isle of Lewis & Stornoway, The Outer Hebrides
Vatersay beaches, Barra & VatersayPark of natuur
Strand

Vatersay beaches

Bàgh Siar and Bàgh a Deas, sandy bays on the west and south of Vatersay, the southernmost inhabited island in the chain.

Buiten
  • Barra & Vatersay, The Outer Hebrides

Per gebied

Things to do by area in The Outer Hebrides

Elke link opent de gebiedsgids met de volledige beschrijvingen, foto's en routebeschrijvingen.

More about The Outer Hebrides: the The Outer Hebrides guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.

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