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Stornoway Town Hall. The town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, [8] with the Old Norse name Stjórnavágr.The settlement grew up around a sheltered natural harbour and became a hub for people from all over the island, who travelled to Stornoway either by family boat or by horse-drawn coach, for onward travel to and trade with the rest of Scotland and further afield.
An Lanntair (Scottish Gaelic: [əˈl̪ˠãũn̪ˠt̪ɛɾʲ]) is an arts centre in the town of Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The centre is home to a cinema, and art gallery. Previously located in the Town Hall, An Lanntair moved to its current new building overlooking the harbour in September 2005. This building features a 50 ...
Upload another image 32-38 (Even Nos) Cromwell Street 58°12′35″N 6°23′20″W / 58.209602°N 6.388889°W / 58.209602; -6.388889 (32-38 (Even Nos) Cromwell Street) Category B 41683 Upload Photo Francis Street, Museum (Formerly Free Church Seminary And School Building) 58°12′34″N 6°22′59″W / 58.209373°N 6.383016°W / 58.209373; -6.383016 (Francis ...
Hebridean Brewing Company (Companaidh Grùdaidh nan Innse Gall) was an independent microbrewery founded in 2001 [1] (although production did not begin until late January 2002 [2]) by Andy Ribbens in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles'; Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈkʰõ.ərˠʎə nə ˈɲelan ˈʃiəɾ]) is the local authority for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles, also known as the Outer Hebrides), one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. [3] [4] It is based in Stornoway on the Isle of ...
Back (Scottish Gaelic: Am Bac) is a district and a village on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, situated on a coastal area known as Loch a'Tuath, or Broad Bay. Back is within the parish of Stornoway , [ 1 ] and is situated on the B895 . [ 2 ]
Knock, from the Gaelic, An Cnoc (a small hill), is a village in Point peninsula on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.Point (an Rubha in Gaelic) is connected by road across a narrow isthmus (barely 100 metres wide) to Stornoway, the main administrative centre of the Western Isles.
One of the possible routes, between Stornoway and Ullapool, would be over 50 miles (80 km) long and hence the longest road tunnel in the world; [36] [37] however, shorter routes would be possible. Stornoway is the public transport hub of Lewis, with bus services to Point, Ness, Back and Tolsta, Uig, the West Side, Lochs and Tarbert, Harris ...