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North Tolsta
  • Scottish Gaelic: Tolastadh bho Thuath
Traigh Mhor Tolastadh
North Tolsta is located in Outer Hebrides
North Tolsta
North Tolsta
Location within the Outer Hebrides
LanguageScottish Gaelic
English
OS grid referenceNB536475
Civil parish
  • Stornoway
Council area
  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area
  • Western Isles
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode districtHS2
Dialling code01851
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Na h-Eileanan an Iar
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58°20′49″N 6°12′40″W / 58.347°N 6.211°W / 58.347; -6.211

North Tolsta (Scottish Gaelic: Tolastadh bho Thuath) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the east side of the Isle of Lewis. North Tolsta is within the parish of Stornoway.[1] Tolsta is notable for its long sandy beach Traigh Mhor [2] At the end of Tolsta's long sandy beach there are five caves, only visitable during low tide. They are known locally as "The Caves of Life." The village of Bail' Ùr Tholastaidh (New Tolsta) is to the north. The village has a two churches and a post office and community shop ("Buth Tholastaidh").[3]

  1. ^ "Lewis, North Tolsta". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Tolsta Beach (Tràigh Ghearadha)". The Isle of Lewis. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Buth Tholastaidh | ……for the village, not for profit…………". www.buththolastaidh.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

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