Bayble

Bayble (Scottish Gaelic: Pabail) is a large 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]

Bayble
  • Scottish Gaelic: Pabail

Pabail
Bayble
Location within the Outer Hebrides
LanguageScottish Gaelic
English
OS grid referenceNB523316
Civil parish
Council area
  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode districtHS2
Dialling code01851
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

There are around 400 people living in Bayble. 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. Upper Bayble has produced three internationally recognised writers of poetry and prose, Iain Crichton Smith, Derick Thomson and Anne Frater. 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.

References
  1. "Overview of Bayble". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 26 June 2009.


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