© James Smith UigandBernera.com aims to be a useful and inspirational website all about life, work and holidays in the Hebridean island communities of Uig and Great Bernera on the far west coast of the Isle of Lewis.

Whether you are a visitor planning a holiday or you are lucky enough to live in Uig or Bernera, we hope you will find our site useful and that you'll come back and visit often. 

It is widely acknowledged that there really is something special about Uig and Bernera.

Uig and Bernera, on the Isle of Lewis, is one of thirteen areas that make up the Outer Hebrides. Although the two are distinctive and independent communities in their own right, they share much in common and their ties go back many years.

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Our stunning landscapes and breathtaking beachscapes have escaped the destructive clutch of mankind; the vast and awesome power of nature surrounds us in our day to day lives with a great, humbling wilderness of beaches, lochs, moors and mountains.

Community life is thriving in Uig and Bernera. Crofting traditions continue to bring people together as they tend to their animals or bring home their peat; the community shops are places where locals meet and pass the time of day (while choosing their groceries) and the two fantastic new community centres are buzzing with events, meetings, evening classes, clubs and sports.