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An idyllic 453-acre private island is up for sale off the west coast of Scotland and it comes with sandy beaches, puffins galore, seven houses, a pub, a helipad and a flock of black-faced sheep.
If you're looking for a permanent island getaway and have about $351,000 to spare, then Linga island in Scotland is waiting for you. Nestled off the coast of the Shetland Isles lies a 63.75-acre ...
The islands are treated as one entity (Hoy) by the UK census. An undersea tunnel between the archipelago and Caithness, at a length of about 9–10 miles (14–16 km) and a tunnel connecting Orkney Mainland to Shapinsay have been discussed, [57] [58] although little has come of it. Shetland Islands
The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 extended the Community Right to Buy to communities of any size, including those in urban areas. The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 allows ministers to compel landowners to sell if they decide that the sale will further sustainable development in the area.
Just about 1.5 miles away from the mainland, Tanera Mòr spans about 1.2 miles wide and 1.6 miles long.
Sanda Island (Scottish Gaelic: Sandaigh) is a small island in the Firth of Clyde, off of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, near the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, near Southend and Dunaverty Castle. On clear days Sanda can be seen from the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, from the Isle of Arran and from northeast County Antrim .
Taransay (Scottish Gaelic: Tarasaigh, pronounced [ˈt̪ʰaɾas̪aj]) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was the host of the British television series Castaway 2000 . Uninhabited since 1974, except for holidaymakers, Taransay is the largest Scottish island without a permanent population. [ 3 ]
Eilean Mullagrach is an island in the Summer Isles of Scotland. [3] It is located in Highland council area, in the northwestern part of the country, 800 km northwest of the United Kingdom capital London. It is the most northerly of the Summer Isles. [4] Its area is 39 hectares [1] [Note 1] and the maximum elevation is 46 metres (151 ft). [2]