Bayble
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Location within the
Outer Hebrides | |
Language |
Scottish Gaelic English |
OS grid reference | NB523316 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ISLE OF LEWIS |
Postcode district | HS2 |
Dialling code | 01851 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Bayble ( Scottish Gaelic: Pabail) is a village in Point (An Rubha), on the Isle of Lewis, 6 miles (10 kilometres) east of Stornoway. [1] Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway. [1]
There are around 400 people living in Bayble.[ citation needed] It is separated into Upper and Lower Bayble by a burn at the bottom of the valley. Upper Bayble ( Scottish Gaelic: Pabail Uarach) had a community shop, Murdo's, which has now closed after 44 years of service.[ citation needed] Upper Bayble has produced three internationally recognised writers of poetry and prose, Iain Crichton Smith, Derick Thomson and Anne Frater.[ citation needed] The former writing predominantly in English and the latter two writing almost exclusively in Gaelic. Lower Bayble ( Scottish Gaelic: Pabail Iarach) is a seaside crofting township. The village overlooks Bayble Bay (Bàgh Phabail), with Bayble Island (Eilean Phabail) at the south end and Eilean a' Chàise to the north.
Bayble
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![]() Pabail | |
Location within the
Outer Hebrides | |
Language |
Scottish Gaelic English |
OS grid reference | NB523316 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ISLE OF LEWIS |
Postcode district | HS2 |
Dialling code | 01851 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Bayble ( Scottish Gaelic: Pabail) is a village in Point (An Rubha), on the Isle of Lewis, 6 miles (10 kilometres) east of Stornoway. [1] Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway. [1]
There are around 400 people living in Bayble.[ citation needed] It is separated into Upper and Lower Bayble by a burn at the bottom of the valley. Upper Bayble ( Scottish Gaelic: Pabail Uarach) had a community shop, Murdo's, which has now closed after 44 years of service.[ citation needed] Upper Bayble has produced three internationally recognised writers of poetry and prose, Iain Crichton Smith, Derick Thomson and Anne Frater.[ citation needed] The former writing predominantly in English and the latter two writing almost exclusively in Gaelic. Lower Bayble ( Scottish Gaelic: Pabail Iarach) is a seaside crofting township. The village overlooks Bayble Bay (Bàgh Phabail), with Bayble Island (Eilean Phabail) at the south end and Eilean a' Chàise to the north.