Isle of Lewis

The gastropub is being sold for £399,000 on an island famed for its white sand beaches. It has a gigantic beer garden and a rustic bar and was refurbished during the pandemic. (Courtesy Alice Bagley / SWNS)

Pub on idyllic Scottish island being sold for £399k

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK

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Found in Stornoway, the sign reads: "a broken Gaelic is better than a Gaelic in the chest (coffin)". Encouraging people to use what they've got regardless of any imperfections.

Stornoway Gaelic Cafe ignites new hope for Gaelic's prosperity in Scotland

Coinneach MacLeod on Toronto book tour

Coinneach MacLeod: The Hebridean Baker on tour

David Bowie: 'endlessly intriguing'

David Bowie's space songs reimagined for Hebridean Dark Skies Festival

The account of 'bundling' , which was linked to the blackhouses of Lewis, was written in 1933 in the autobiography of a Scottish doctor. PIC : Bikerhiker 75/CC.

Valentine's Day: The old Scottish love custom of 'bundling'

A vintage classic, Whisky Galore! was filmed in the late 1940s on the Hebridean island of Barra

Islander, 100, reveals how he smuggled Scotch bottles from Whisky Galore! wreck

The Midnight Wall at Gress on the Isle of Lewis. PIC: Donald MacDonald

The eclipse of the sun reveals secret of an island's Midnight Wall

Cruise ships will be able to come ashore at Stornoway Port for the first time with the opening of the £49 deep water terminal next summer, with around 60,000 passengers expected to arrive every year. PIC: Stornoway Port Authority.

Scottish island prepares itself for arrival of 60,000 cruise ship passengers

An architect's drawing of the new visitor centre to built at Calanais Standing Stones. PIC: Contributed.

Calanais in £6m upgrade amid rising visitor numbers and arrival of cruise ships

Imagine waking up to this view of Uig Bay.

Rent a coastal cabin on one of Scotland’s finest beaches

The new range was conjured up in cahoots with Coinneach MacLeod. Image: Sophie Carson

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The view from the proposed St Kilda Centre, which sits in a dip in the cliffside around 100 ft above sea level. PIC: Rory Flyn/Dualchas

Revealed: New designs for £6m clifftop St Kilda Centre

The Hebridean Celtic Festival is held in Stornoway every July. Picture: Colin Cameron

HebCelt festival valued at more than £4m for economy after sold-out revival

Each holiday let will feature large timber frame rooms, underfloor heating, wood burners and stunning views across Uig Sands beach, Lewis.

Family firm on Isle of Lewis opens four boltholes with stunning beach views

New Tolsta, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

'Truly unique' restored croft house crowned Scotland 2022 winner

Mother Night

The Scotsman Sessions #318: Mother Night

The medieval site was found close to Gress, in the north east of the Isle of Lewis, as a new water mains pipe was laid. PIC: YouTube.

Rare medieval site in the Outer Hebrides discovered

John Stahl 'seemed to embody something of Scotland in his very presence'

Obituaries: John Stahl, Take the High Road and Game of Thrones star

Belgian actor, writer and director Bouli Lanners. Picture: Brian Sweeney

Bouli Lanners: The Belgian filmmaker behind Scotland’s new cinematic love story

You won't find many better views in Scotland than the one you get from Beach Bay Cottage, on the Isle of Lewis.

This quirky stone cottage has one of the best views in Scotland

The happy couple, Annice Macleod and Connor Maciver, with their newborn baby Leo.

Newborn baby helped his Dad propose to his Mum on Christmas Day

Risso's dolphins are regularly seen around the Isle of Lewis.

Dolphin spotted doing rare underwater headstand off Isle of Lewis

Speyfest was first staged in Fochabers, in Moray, in 1995.

Speyfest reveals line-up for reboot of event to mark its 25th birthday

Ms Mackenzie launched the business after noting a lack of holiday let accommodation in the area. Picture: contributed.

Entrepreneur behind Isle of Lewis log cabins branching out amid business support

Donnie Scott, 42, is missing from the Barvas area of the Isle of Lewis (Photo: Police Scotland).

Body recovered in search for missing Isle of Lewis man

Kathryn Joseph

Kathryn Joseph on her Lewis connection: 'All of the griefs making sense together...

Jougs, an iron collar, were secured around the neck and fastened to the wall of a church on the 'witches ring' via a short chain. They were used for punishment and to warn others of the consequences of defying the church. PIC: Aberdeen University.

Fascinating objects that tell story of Scotland's witch hunts go on show

Transport chief Gordon MacLennan has retired amid an investigation into alleged car cloning.

Transport chief retires amid investigation into alleged car cloning

Transport chief suspended amid allegations he drove cloned car

Transport chief suspended amid allegations he drove cloned car

Stornoway dolphins: Coastguard save pod of dolphins after they become stranded on the mud flats just off the Isle of Lewis

Coastguard save pod of dolphins after they become stranded

Mangersta Beach (Traigh Mhangurstadh), Uig Peninsular, Isle of Lewis PIC: Roger Cox / JPI Media

For surfers on the Isle of Lewis, very good things come to those who wait

Multi-agency search launched on Isle of Lewis to find missing man

Skyscanner founder Gareth Willams and Andrew Green are tyring to get more people into playing chess in Scotland

Gareth and Andrew's gambit is putting chess back on the map - Nick Freer

Nine new walking routes have been mapped out on the Isle of Lewis in a bid to help spread tourists across the island and alleviate pressure on some of the most popular destinations

Off the beaten track: new paths to open up island

Willie Campbell

The Scotsman Sessions #223: Willie Campbell

Wigtown has been Scotland's book town since 1998.

New contest proposed to crown Scottish culture towns

The team were paged to reports of three children in trouble in the water in the Tong area picture: Stornoway Coastguard Rescue Team

Three children rescued after becoming trapped by rising tide

David Colthart holding up a dead lamb which he claims to have been killed by a sea eagle picture: supplied

'It's soul destroying' - Coastal farmers' plight as sea eagles feast on lambs

Mike Stern

Aberdeen Jazz Festival kicks off a packed spring for Scottish jazz

Kate Macleod, 24, the real-life mermaid of the Outer Hebrides. PIC: BBC ALBA.

Meet Katie, the real-life mermaid of the Outer Hebrides

Donald Ian MacLeod at a signing session for his award-winning book Eadar Da Shaoghal

Obituary: Donald Ian MacLeod, scholar, linguist, broadcaster and psychologist w...

Government scientists with caged animals on a pontoon near Tolsta, Isle of Lewis, in 1952 as Operation Cauldron gets underway. PIC: YouTube.

Schoolboy memories of monkey and guinea pig experiments off Scottish island reca...

The experiments using diseass such as the plague were conducted off the coast at Tolsta, Isle of Lewis (pictured) in 1952. The episode now forms the backdrop to a new novel, In A Veil of Mist by Donald S Murray. PIC: Patrick Hamilton/geograph.org.

The secret plague experiments on guinea pigs and monkeys off a Scottish island

Fire crews currently tackling flames at a moorland on the Isle of Lewis picture: JPI Media

Residents urged to stay inside as fire sweeps across moorland on Scottish island

Colin Macleod

The Scotsman Sessions #175: Colin Macleod

Karine Polwart at the 2020 Hebridean Dark Skies Festival, performing her show The Only Light Was Stars PIC: Emma Rennie

Karine Polwart prepares to tackle supernovas at Campfire Conversations

Tickets have already gone on sale for the 2021 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

The major cultural events offering reasons to be cheerful for the new year

Producer and presenter Iain Mackay explores the world of the 1970s 'petrolhead' on the island of Lewis.PIC: Contributed.

The 1970s 'petrolheads' who tore up a Scottish island

The Calanais standing stones are the jewel in the crown of Neolithic Lewis but the search is on to find out how prehistoric people lived their everyday lives on the islands. PIC: geograph.org/Doug Lee

Searching for traces of Prehistoric people in the peat of the Outer Hebrides

BiFab

BiFab ‘left to wither on vine’ claim as company attacks Scottish Government

The lost standing stones

Tour a lost stone circle on Lewis that has not been seen for 4,000 years

The Calanais standing stones on the Isle of Lewis. PIC: Colin Macdonald/Flickr

Secrets of hidden stone circles on Scottish island to be unearthed

Angus Ferguson, from Lewis, a piper with the Seaforth Highlanders who was held a POW for five years after being captured in France in 1940. After returning home, he played with the Lewis Pipe Band for 25 years. PIC: Kinloch Heritage Society/Contributed.

Tribute to the island piper held a Prisoner of War

Favourite son?: Donald Trump visited the home in which his mother grew up on the Isle of Lewis

Opinion: Please let this be an end to our island's disgrace over Donald Trump

New cases of coronavirus have been confirmed on the Isle of Lewis.

Three people have tested positive on the Isle of Lewis

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The last time Bruce Springsteen played in Edinburgh was in 1981 - and his loyal fans were delighted to welcome The Boss back to the Capital.

Springsteen at Murrayfield: A collective emotional experience for 60,000 fans

Rockall sits 200 miles west of the Outer Hebrides and is where adventurer Cam Cameron plans to spend the next 60 days. PIC: Óglaigh na hÉireann/CC.

Three men land on Rockall as 60-day survival challenge begins