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Lochboisdale
Sign in to saveLochboisdale ( ) is the main village and port on the island of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lochboisdale is within the parish of South Uist, and is situated on the shore of Loch Baghasdail at the southern end of the A865.
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Place details
- Locality
- Loch Baghasdail
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Lochboisdale
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Loch Baghasdail
- UK place.static_image_name
- The A865 road through Lochboisdale (geograph 4245080).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The main road through Lochboisdale
- UK place.language
- Scottish Gaelic
- UK place.language1
- English
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NF790195
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 177
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 485
- UK place.post_town
- ISLE OF SOUTH UIST
- UK place.postcode_area
- HS
- UK place.postcode_district
- HS8
- UK place.dial_code
- 01878
- UK place.civil_parish
- South Uist
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Western Isles
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Lochboisdale ( ) is the main village and port on the island of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lochboisdale is within the parish of South Uist, and is situated on the shore of Loch Baghasdail at the southern end of the A865.
==History== The town profited from the herring boom in the 19th century, and a steamer pier was built in 1880. In 1905, a mission church was built, and by 1953, steamers were connecting Lochboisdale with Oban, Castlebay, Mallaig and Lochmaddy.
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