Guidebook for Na h-Eileanan an Iar

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Guidebook for Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Food Scene

Good dependable restaurant with excellent seafood. The "early bird" menu is good value.
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Digby Chick
5 Bank Street
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Good dependable restaurant with excellent seafood. The "early bird" menu is good value.
The restaurant in the County Hotel has two menus: Italian and Indian; they are both good (best curry in Stornoway!)
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County Hotel
12-14 Francis St
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The restaurant in the County Hotel has two menus: Italian and Indian; they are both good (best curry in Stornoway!)
The Woodlands Centre is a great place for home-made soup or coffee & cake before a stroll around the castle grounds. It also has occasional gigs in the evenings.
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Woodlands Centre
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The Woodlands Centre is a great place for home-made soup or coffee & cake before a stroll around the castle grounds. It also has occasional gigs in the evenings.
Good for a family meal on a Sunday: buffet and carvery.
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Eleven Restaurant & Bar
11 James St
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Good for a family meal on a Sunday: buffet and carvery.

Drinks & Nightlife

"The Edge of the World" is a friendly little bar selling real ale brewed on the premises, with occasional live music, especially the Folk Club sessions on the first Thursday of every month.
Edge O' The World - Hebridean Brewing Company
10 Shell St
"The Edge of the World" is a friendly little bar selling real ale brewed on the premises, with occasional live music, especially the Folk Club sessions on the first Thursday of every month.
For a quieter, more sophisticated evening, try the cocktail bar upstairs in the Crown - big comfy armchairs and a relaxed atmosphere.
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Crown Hotel
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For a quieter, more sophisticated evening, try the cocktail bar upstairs in the Crown - big comfy armchairs and a relaxed atmosphere.

Arts & Culture

An Lanntair is our local arts centre: theatre, bar, restaurant, gallery and shop (where you can buy copies of my album Yes Why Not)
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An Lanntair
Kenneth Street
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An Lanntair is our local arts centre: theatre, bar, restaurant, gallery and shop (where you can buy copies of my album Yes Why Not)

Sightseeing

The castle has recently been restored to its former glory. During the day it has an interesting museum of local history and a tea-shop, and the castle grounds are well worth a visit. In the evenings musical events take place in the Grand Ballroom.
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Lews Castle
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The castle has recently been restored to its former glory. During the day it has an interesting museum of local history and a tea-shop, and the castle grounds are well worth a visit. In the evenings musical events take place in the Grand Ballroom.
Unmissable. The visitors' centre has a good cafe, too.
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Callanish Standing Stones
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Unmissable. The visitors' centre has a good cafe, too.
Well-preserved fortified building made from two concentric conical walls with staircases between them. Fascinating.
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Dun Carloway Broch
Lewis and Harris Island
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Well-preserved fortified building made from two concentric conical walls with staircases between them. Fascinating.
A good way to see what blackhouse villages were like - this is a lovely location by the sea.
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Gearannan Blackhouse Village
5A Garenin
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A good way to see what blackhouse villages were like - this is a lovely location by the sea.
A blackhouse left exactly as it was, with a peat fire smoking in the middle of the room.
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The Blackhouse, Arnol
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A blackhouse left exactly as it was, with a peat fire smoking in the middle of the room.
A lovely 16th century church. Explore the graveyard and look out for the naughty carvings on the tower.
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St Clement's Church
A859
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A lovely 16th century church. Explore the graveyard and look out for the naughty carvings on the tower.

Shopping

You cannot go home without a selection of smoked fish from the Smokehouse: choose your favourites and they will vacuum-pack them for you, and (if you wish) have them posted home. Makes a great gift, too. I recommend the hot-smoked salmon.
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The Stornoway Smokehouse
10 Shell St
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You cannot go home without a selection of smoked fish from the Smokehouse: choose your favourites and they will vacuum-pack them for you, and (if you wish) have them posted home. Makes a great gift, too. I recommend the hot-smoked salmon.

Essentials

Our closest shop - general groceries etc plus a nice little cafe.
Buth An Rubha Ltd
Our closest shop - general groceries etc plus a nice little cafe.
My preferred supermarket - more spacious and easier parking than Tesco.
Co-Op station
My preferred supermarket - more spacious and easier parking than Tesco.

Parks & Nature

A wonderful drive along a twisting single-track road past a disused whaling station and a hunting lodge takes you to a remote and beautiful white beach. Climb the hill behind the beach for stunning views over the local islands. If you have a tent with you this is also one of the best spots on the island for rough camping: take the track away from the sandy beach to the other side of the promontory and camp by the pebble beach - the sun will set over Scarp.
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Huisinis
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A wonderful drive along a twisting single-track road past a disused whaling station and a hunting lodge takes you to a remote and beautiful white beach. Climb the hill behind the beach for stunning views over the local islands. If you have a tent with you this is also one of the best spots on the island for rough camping: take the track away from the sandy beach to the other side of the promontory and camp by the pebble beach - the sun will set over Scarp.
One of my favourite places - a long white beach with huge black standing rocks and caves. Also worth driving a few hundred yards past the beach to see the "bridge to nowhere" built by over-optimistic Lord Leverhulme.
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Garry Beach
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One of my favourite places - a long white beach with huge black standing rocks and caves. Also worth driving a few hundred yards past the beach to see the "bridge to nowhere" built by over-optimistic Lord Leverhulme.
A truly spectacular beach.
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Uig Bay, Isle Of Lewis
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A truly spectacular beach.
The highest mountain in the Western Isles, at 799m. A stiff climb but on a clear day there are fantastic views over the whole island.
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Clisham
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The highest mountain in the Western Isles, at 799m. A stiff climb but on a clear day there are fantastic views over the whole island.