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Uig Heritage Centre

Timsgarry, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9JD

Type:Visitor Centres

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  • 4 Star Museum
4 Star Museum
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In the remote region of uig on the Isle of Lewis, you will find Uig Heritage Centre.  Here you can see replicas of the famous Lewis Chessmen, 12th century Viking chess pieces which were found on Uig Beach.

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Gradings

  • 4 Star Museum
4 Star Museum

Awards

  • Other AwardsOuter Hebrides Tourism Member Outer Hebrides Tourism Member 2020

What's Nearby

  1. Camas Uige or Uig Bay is in a national scenic area in the south west of Lewis.

    1.16 miles away

  2. Photograph © David Wilson


    The glorious bay at Uig, south west Lewis, has many of…

    1.8 miles away
  3. Short, low growing with spike of bright yellow flowers

    1.82 miles away
  1. Cliff Studio, located by Cliff Beach, Valtos, Uig, shows coastal landscape and abstract…

    1.94 miles away
  2. Camas na Clibhe (Cliff beach) is a quartz sand beach situated on the Valtos peninsular in…

    2.14 miles away
  3. An open studio situated in an old byre overlooking the Atlantic in the crofting village…

    2.24 miles away
  4. Traigh na Beirghe (Reef Beach) is a very long, sweeping, white sand beach in Uig

    2.92 miles away
  5. Public Art structure by artists Marian Leven and Will Maclean that reflects local,…

    3.1 miles away
  6. A low growing plant with small white 2 lobed flowers. Found on improved agricultural land…

    3.14 miles away
  7. Tall, slim stems with pale blue flowers

    3.28 miles away
  8. You will find Mangurstadh Gallery, a  family run business, on a working croft in Uig,…

    3.36 miles away

  9. Photograph of Pabbay from Reef Beach © David Wilson

    In The Chessmen, Uig Gala day is…

    3.57 miles away
  10. One of the largest fish seen in the waters around the Outer Hebrides.

    3.59 miles away
  11. Low growing white flower with 5 petals found in rocky crevices and shingle on coast

    3.66 miles away
  12. Stac Dhomhnuill Chaim is situated near the village of Mangersta in Uig.

    3.79 miles away
  13. Traigh Mhangurstadh (Mangersta) is a beautiful beach in the parish of Uig in south west…

    4.8 miles away
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