Garenin information

Garenin
Scottish Gaelic: *Na Gearrannan*
Garenin Scottish Gaelic: Na Gearrannan;
	Garenin Blackhouse Village
	Garenin Location within the Outer Hebrides
Language	Scottish Gaelic; English
OS grid reference	NB192441
Civil parish	Uig;
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar;
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles;
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	Na h-Eileanan an Iar;
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar;
	List of places UK Scotland 58°17′46″N 6°47′31″W / 58.296°N 6.792°W

Garenin (Scottish Gaelic: Na Gearrannan) is a crofting township on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Garenin is in the Carloway municipality and has a population of about 80 people. It is also within the parish of Uig.^[1] Today, the village is most famous for the "blackhouse village", which consists of nine restored traditional thatched cottages. The village is found at the end of the Garenin road beside the village bay. These houses were lived in until 1974 and were the last group of blackhouses to be inhabited in the Western Isles.^[2] Piped water was not available in the village until the 1960s.^[2]

In 1989, Urras nan Geàrrannan (The Garenin Trust) was established by the Western Isles Council to restore the houses. Over a decade later, on 5 June 2001, the project was complete and the restored village was opened by Princess Anne.^[2]

The village is managed by Gearrannan Village Ltd. There was a youth hostel (opened by Magnus Magnusson on 3 July 1991;^[2] managed by The Gatliff Trust), but this closed in May 2011. There are four self-catering cottages, a museum (a blackhouse set in 1955, three years after electricity arrived on the island)^[2] and a resource centre; a café and a small gift shop are open in summer.

^ "Details of Garenin". Scottish Places. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Blackhouse Village (Gearrannan Blackhouse Village) – The Gazetteer for Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome

[1] "Details of Garenin". Scottish Places. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

[gs-2] Blackhouse Village (Gearrannan Blackhouse Village) – The Gazetteer for Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome

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Garenin Scottish Gaelic: Na Gearrannan
Garenin Blackhouse Village
Garenin Location within the Outer Hebrides
Language	Scottish Gaelic English
OS grid reference	NB192441
Civil parish	Uig
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles
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	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
List of places UK Scotland 58°17′46″N 6°47′31″W / 58.296°N 6.792°W / 58.296; -6.792