Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A winter trip to the stunning, magical Isle of Harris. Harris is characterised by high mountains, sea lochs, coastal islands, and beautiful white beaches punctuating the predominant grey rock and green heather. Anyone who loves the far north west of Scotland will be drawn to Harris.
Places to see in ( Isle of Harris - UK )
Places to see in ( Isle of Harris - UK )
Harris is the southern part of the Scottish Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris. It’s known for sandy beaches like Luskentyre and Scarista on the west coast, and for rugged mountains in the north. In the east is an area of miniature fjords called the Bays. The 16th-century St. Clement’s Church in the village of Rodel has 3 richly carved tombs. Harris is also the original home of Harris Tweed, luxury handwoven cloth.
Isle of Harris is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which is the former postal county and the current post town for Royal Mail postcodes starting HS3 or HS5; see HS postcode area. A person from Harris is known as a Hearach. Rockall, an uninhabited islet is deemed to be part of the parish. It is 230 miles (370 km) west of North Uist.
Harris divides naturally into northern and southern parts which are separated by West and East Loch Tarbert. These halves are joined by a narrow isthmus at the main settlement of Tarbert (An Tairbeart or Tairbeart na Hearadh). The bedrock of Harris is largely Lewisian gneisses, which were laid down in the Precambrian period, interspersed with igneous intrusions. One of these intrusions forms the summit plateau of the mountain Roinebhal. The rock here is anorthosite, and is similar in composition to rocks found in the mountains of the Moon.
North Harris, adjoining Lewis, contains Clisham (An Cliseam), the highest mountain in the Outer Hebrides at 799 metres (2,621 ft). The southern part of Harris is less mountainous, with numerous unspoilt, white sandy beaches on the west coast. Its main settlements are Rodel (Roghadal), known for its medieval kirk of St. Clement (Eaglais Chliamhain), the most elaborate surviving medieval church in the Hebrides after Iona Abbey, and Leverburgh
Tarbert is the main port and main settlement of Harris, with a population of about 550. The name Tarbert comes from the Norse tairbeart meaning portage or isthmus. It is located on an isthmus between Loch Tarbert and West Loch Tarbert. The island of Scalpay is located at the mouth of East Loch Tarbert. It was known historically for its fishing industry, though little of that remains. The island was linked to Harris when the Scalpay Bridge was opened in 1997, connecting Scalpay to the settlement of Kyles on Harris.
In common with many parts of the Highlands and Islands Harris has numerous single-track roads with passing places at intervals. Ferries sail from Tarbert to Uig in Skye. Harris is also known for Harris tweed, although this is mostly now made in Lewis.
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Swimming at Luskentyre, Isle of Harris
Took a road trip from Uig on the Isle of Lewis to Luskentyre Beach on the Isle of Harris for a swim.
Sea Kayaking Isle of Harris
Sea kayaking around the Isle of Harris, March 2018
Isle of Harris Inn
Living it large at the inn listening to end of April and partying hard!
Luskentyre Hills - Isle of Harris, Scotland.
Over the years I've walked up most of Britain's highest hills and mountains, not particularly high peaks but few walks can compete with the outstanding scenery taken in from the summits of Mullach Buidhe, Beinn Losgaintir and Beinn Dhubh. Outstanding views to the North Harris Hills, St Kilda, Taransay, Isle of Skye and across to North Uist.
Dawn ferry from Skye arrives in the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The ferry from Uig, Isle of Skye, arrives in Tarbert, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, at just before 7.30am. The wind is absolutely still and the sea is so calm that it runs like mercury from either side of the ship's wash. The dark silhouettes of the hills are beginning to show their form. A couple of hours later, as the sun lifts the last of the shadows from land and sea, the ferry sets out for the trip back to Skye.
Beautifully Desolate Beaches In The UK HD 2014 HD
Beautifully Desolate Beaches In The UK HD 1080p
These are the perfect places to visit when you are in UK and want to stay away from crowd, technology and more.
1. Bamburgh, Northumberland
2. Luskentyre, Isle of Harris
3. Littlehampton, West Sussex
4. Camber Sands, East Sussex
5. Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire
6. Tresco, Isles of Scilly
7. Lundy Island Beach
8. Great Bay, St Martins, Scilly Isles
9. Rhossili, Gower Peninsula
10. Slapton Sands, Devon
11. Beadnell, Northumberland
12. Priory Bay, Isle of Wight
13. Crosby Beach, Liverpool
14. Oxwich Bay, Gower Peninsula
15. Porthcurno, Cornwall
16. Brancaster Beach, Norfolk
17. Portstewart Strand, Northern Ireland
18. West Wittering, West Sussex
19. Musselwick Sands, Pembrokeshire
20. Covehithe, Suffolk
21. Roanhead, Cumbria
22. Chesil Beach, Dorset
23. Druridge Bay, Northumberland
One of several empty beaches in the region (including Alnmouth, Embleton, Bamburgh), Druridge Bay is filled with nothing but birds for most of the year, unless you rock up at the same time as the annual naked swimmers...
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Beautiful Isle of Harris
Just panning around while stood looking at the stunning scenery that the Isle of Harris has to offer. Stunning beach & Mountainous terrain in the distance. Beautiful.
St Kilda ... Trip with Sea Harris July 2014
We were so lucky to see this glorious place, the archipelago of St Kilda, is the remotest part of the British Isles, lies 41 miles (66 kilometres) west of Benbecula in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. The bird life was unbelievable.
Isle of Harris Inn 3
Will being drunken scally wag!
How to Hebrides 4 - Isle of Harris
Don't miss the preceding episodes of How to Hebrides!
PART 1 - The Basics. Where to camp, layout of the islands, weather and midges:
PART 2: Getting here, and getting about. Ferries, routes to the ferry ports, and driving and cycling on the islands:
PART 3: Isle of Lewis:
In this episode we look at the stunning Isle of Harris
To download the camping leaflet, and other really useful guides such as the community shops, eating and drinking, walking, and cycling, please go to
Karla's Adventure Wheels Blog:
CAMPSITES:
For Talla na Mara, Seilebost School, and West Harris Trust Camping Spots, please see:
Horgabost Campsite:
Lickisto:
Minch View:
Huisnis Gateway:
Flodabay Farm:
North Harris Trust Camping Spots:
PLACES TO VISIT:
Luskentyre:
Essence of Harris:
Harris Distillery:
Skoon Art:
Ardhasaig Glass & Arts:
Hebscape Gallery:
Old Leather Works:
Harris Tweed Authority, Stornoway:
Harris Tweed Harris, Tarbert:
Borrisdale Tweed:
PLACES TO EAT:
Taste n Sea:
Temple Cafe, Northton:
Croft 36, Northton:
Blas bhon Iar, Horgabost:
Butty Bus, Leverburgh:
Anchorage Restaurant, Leverburgh:
A huge thank you to Adria UK who have sponsored this entire series and loaned the stunning Twin Supreme 640SLB camper van. Check out their extensive range of panel van conversions, motorhomes, and caravans at
Thanks also to Outer Hebrides Tourism for supporting this series. Their website is an absolute 'First Port of Call' for anyone wishing to visit the Western Isles. Check it out at
For a playlist with many of my trips to the Outer Hebrides, please see:
For a playlist covering a winter trip to the islands in a van, please see:
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Scarista Beach - Harris
Beautiful in a violently powerful way...
SCARISTA BEACH ISLE OF HARRIS
Beautiful Scarista beach on the Isle of Harris
Isle of Harris - Scotland
A recent winter trip to the spectacular landscape of the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides.
The Gaelic narration is from Chì mi na mòrbheanna, a Scottish song that was written in 1856 by Highlander John Cameron, a native of Ballachulish. The English translation is below.
Thanks to Kate Beaton for the narration and Calum Calderwood for writing and performing the song.
O, I see, I see the big mountains;
O, I see, I see the big mountains;
O, I see, I do see the corries,
I see the mist-covered peaks.
I see as I linger the land of my birth;
I am welcomed in the language I cherish.
I will receive there hospitality, and love when I reach it
That I'd trade not for tons of gold.
I see there woods, and I see there thickets,
I see there the fair and most fertile of meadows;
I see there the deer on the ground in the corries
Hiding in mantles of mist.
Lofty mountains and resplendent ledges,
There dwell my own folk, kind folk of honor.
Light is my step as I leap up to meet them;
'Tis with pleasure I'll stay there a while.
Hail to the blue-green grassy hills;
Hail to the great peaked hummocky mountains;
Hail to the forests, hail to all there,
Content I would live there forever.
Two Tunes On The Isle of Harris, Scotland.
Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis, Brenda Castles and friends romp through a couple of tunes in the Hebrides Hotel, in the village of Tarbert on the Isle of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. May 2018
The beautiful Isle of Harris - Outer Hebrides - Scotland
A video of me just panning around whilst on a visit to the stunning Isle of Harris a few weeks ago. Harris is connected to the Isle of Lewis an forms part of a chain of Islands off the West Coast of Scotland known as the Outer Hebrides. If you're watching this video and you've never been to Scotland before, maybe you're considering it, go for it. I'm from England but I've been to Scotland many times and happily hold my hands up and say that the Highlands & Islands and all up the West Coast of Scotland is truly epic to say the least and certainly my favourite area of the United Kingdom.
Tarbert Isle of Harris
A drone flight over Tarbert on the isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. My special regards to the Isle of Harris Distillery staff. Terrific people.
Taransay, Isle of Harris July 2017 Filmed in 4K
The Isle of Lewis and Harris
Outer Hebrides of Scotland