Useful links to help plan your stay...
Getting Here
Full details of ferry services, timetables and fares on Caledonian MacBrayne’s user-friendly website – and you can book online. The chief route to Lewis is the Stornoway-Ullapool ferry, but many like to come – or go – by the Uig-Tarbert or Berneray-Leverburgh services.
www.calmac.co.uk/
Full details of flights to Stornoway from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen or Inverness can be found here – and tickets bought; the earlier you book, the better the deals.
www.flybe.com/
Getting Around
Lewis these days has an excellent, networked bus service – coaches trundling all over the island – but these run much less frequently in the evening, and none on Sundays. There’s a frequent ‘feeder’ service to the main West Side bus runs from Tolsta Chaolais.
www.cne-siar.gov.uk/travel/busservice/current/indexlh.asp
Cars can readily be hired on Lewis and your vehicle will be in readiness for you by Stornoway pier or at the airport.
www.arnolmotors.com/hire.htm
www.lewis-car-rental.com/
mackinnonselfdrive.co.uk/
The quiet, open and – relatively! – flat terrain of Lewis makes our island very popular with visiting cyclists. If you’re bring a bike – or would like to hire one – here’s a very useful page: www.visithebrides.com/cycle/planning/index.php
Eating Out on the West Side
Auberge, Carinish, Uig - www.aubergecarnish.co.uk/
Gallan Head Hotel, Aird Uig - www.gallanheadhotel.co.uk/
Callanish Visitor Centre - www.callanishvisitorcentre.co.uk/index.php/our-cafe
Doune Braes Hotel, not five minutes from Glenview - doune-braes.co.uk/
Garenin Blackhouse Village Café - www.isle-of-lewis.com/index.php/eating-out/gearrannan-blackhouse-village-cafe/
The Inn Between, North Shawbost - www.innbetween.co.uk/
Borve House Hotel - www.borvehousehotel.co.uk/
Cross Inn, Ness, Isle of Lewis www.crossinn.com/cross_inn.html
Café Sonas, Port of Ness - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cafe-Sonas-at-Port-of-Ness-Beach-and-Harbour/369978956368578
Our brilliant local deli!
40 North, just off the main road in North Bragar as you near the village of Arnol, sells a stunning range of fine foods – EVERYTHING is made on the premises; nothing bought in – and you can quickly throw together the savoury necessaries for a delicious evening meal from these tempting shelves. 40 North’s open, Tuesday to Saturday, from 12 noon to 7 pm. www.40northfoods.co.uk/
Sports Facilities
Ionad Spoirs Leodhas – Lewis Sports Centre, run by the local counil:
www.cne-siar.gov.uk/isl/index.asp
Shawbost School Swimming Pool - www.cne-siar.gov.uk/isl/shawbost.asp
Angling
Hebrides Fish ’n’ Trips offers private boat charters for 1 to 5 people, operating along the rugged East Coast of the Isle of Lewis. Departing from either Keose harbour or the Ravenspoint Centre in Kershader - wwwhebridesfishntrips.co.uk
A general and very helpful website on fishing in the Western Isles - www.fishpal.com/Scotland/Hebrides/?dom=Hebrides
Carloway Angling Club – for salmon and sea-trout permits in their association waters: www.tobar-na-mathar.co.uk/CarlowayAnglingClub.pdf
Fideach Angling Club – Cockle Ebb, by Laxdale and Stornoway, confluence of the Blackwater and Laxdale Rivers -www.fishpal.com/Scotland/Hebrides/FideachAnglingClub/?dom=Hebrides
Gress Angling Association – fine river adjoining beautiful beach, north of Back on the Broad Bay coast. www.fishpal.com/Scotland/Hebrides/Gress/?dom=Hebrides
Stornoway Angling Association – River Creed: www.stornoway-angling-association.com/creed/index.aspx?cat=1&id=1
Stornoway Sea Angling Club - www.stornowaysac.co.uk/home/index.aspx
Excellent fishing-tackle, bait, permits and advice can be had from Sportsworld, Francis Street, Stornoway - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sportsworld-Stornoway/100718859992884 and, also on Francis Street, GoFish across the road: http://gofishfly.com/
Fantastic holiday cottage, extremely well equipped and furnished to a very high standard.
