Paddleboarding spots in Na h-Eileanan Siar
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SeaHushinish jetty
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway at the north end of Hushinish beach on the west coast of North Harris, beside a small shingle cove. Paddlers launch here for the crossing of well under a mile across the Kyle of Scarp to the uninhabited island of Scarp. A car park behind the beach has a visitor cabin with toilets and showers, though space is limited in summer.
SeaPort a' Tuath pier, Hushinish
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA pier named Port a' Tuath, Gaelic for north harbour, serving the scattered township of Hushinish on North Harris, about 1.5km south of the main beach car park and jetty. It sits on the sheltered coastal water toward the Kyle of Scarp.
SeaHolm Slipway
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandHolm Slipway is in the crofting township of Holm (Tolm), on the shore where Stornoway Harbour reaches the open sea toward Broad Bay. Holm Island, just offshore, marks the harbour's official outer boundary; beyond the slipway's OSM name and leisure=slipway tag, no further amenity detail is recorded.
SeaGriminis put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway serves Griminish Harbour, a small fishing landing on North Uist's north-west coast near Griminish Point, used for creel boats and a landing craft. Sources describe the approach from the sea as tricky, with hidden reefs and sandbars near the entrance.
SeaGriais put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis launch point is at Gress (Griais), a shell-sand beach on Broad Bay on Lewis's east coast, just north of Back. Tràigh Ghriais is described as a sheltered bay reached from a small car park, more commonly visited for walking and wild swimming than paddling, and no dedicated paddling access details were found for this point.
SeaGrabhair put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway is at Gravir (Grabhair), a village on the shore of Loch Odhairn, a sea loch in the Pairc district of Lewis. The village pier is mainly used by fish-farming vessels working a Bakkafrost salmon farm on the loch, alongside small fishing and leisure craft.
SeaGoat Island Slipway
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandGoat Island Slipway is a small-craft launch point in Stornoway Harbour, near Lews Castle grounds and the Newton Basin development on the north side of the harbour. It is fitted with a cable winch and is named directly on OpenStreetMap.
SeaGlìb Cheòis put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway serves Keose Glebe (Glìb Cheòis), a small settlement in the North Lochs district of Lewis on the north shore of Loch Erisort, immediately east of Keose. Loch Erisort is an 8-mile sea inlet running from the Minch into the interior of Lewis.
SeaGleann Dail bho Tuath put-in (Loch Baghasdail)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the south shore of Loch Boisdale, a sea loch on South Uist's east coast that also holds the island's main CalMac ferry harbour at Lochboisdale village. It serves North Glendale (Gleann Dail bho Tuath), a small settlement about a mile east of Lochboisdale that is reachable only by a track.
SeaFilleam put-in (Loch Portain)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway on Loch Portain, a convoluted sea loch on North Uist's north-east coast scattered with more than 200 islets and a mix of freshwater and saltwater habitats. It serves Lochportain, a small crofting and fishing community about nine miles from Lochmaddy, which also overlooks the adjoining freshwater Priest's Loch.
SeaEinicleit put-in (Steòrnabhagh)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway is in the Einicleit area of Stornoway, close to Newton Marina on the north side of Stornoway Harbour. Newton Marina, completed in 2019 and opened in 2021, added a 75-berth pontoon facility, a concrete public slipway and a 100-tonne boat hoist to the harbour's existing Inner Harbour marina.
SeaEilean Anabaich put-in (Màraig)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway lies further round the Loch Seaforth shore toward Eilean Anabaich, a small hamlet within Màraig on Harris. It connects to a short service track and, like the nearby slipways, appears to serve local boat traffic.
SeaEilean Anabaich put-in (Màraig)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA second slipway on the Loch Seaforth shore near Màraig, about 700 metres east of the private launch point nearby. OpenStreetMap records no access restriction here, though the site sits within the small hamlet of Eilean Anabaich and likely serves local moorings.
SeaDùn Chàrlabhaigh put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway, named 'carloway slipways' on OpenStreetMap, opens onto Loch Carloway, a sea inlet of East Loch Roag on Lewis's west coast, in the Cìrbhig (Kirivick) part of Carloway district. The Iron Age broch of Dun Carloway stands on a hillside a short distance away, overlooking the same loch.
SeaDruim Saighdinis put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA concrete slipway on the shore of Loch Eport, a sea loch that cuts about five kilometres into the east coast of North Uist south of Lochmaddy. It sits at Sidinish (Druim Saighdinis), part of the scattered crofting township of Locheport strung along the loch's shore.
SeaCundal slipway
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway at Cunndal, a small bay on the coast just south of the Butt of Lewis near Eoropie (Eòropaidh), the most northerly village on the Isle of Lewis. The slipway surface is concrete and OSM rates its smoothness as excellent, with launch by car.
SeaCuidhir put-in (Rathanais)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway sits at Cuidhir, part of Ranish (Rathanais), on the narrow neck of the Aird Ranish peninsula that separates Loch Grimshader to the north from Loch Erisort to the south. Loch Grimshader is a sheltered sea loch that narrows to a channel here before opening out again toward its head.
SeaCuddy Point Slipway
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandCuddy Point Slipway is a community-owned slipway in the grounds of Lews Castle, on Stornoway Harbour, across the water from Newton Marina. It is free to use, maintained by Stornoway Port Authority, with a cafe at the nearby Woodland Centre.
SeaCreag Ghoraidh put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA concrete slipway at Creagorry (Creag Ghoraidh), a hamlet on Benbecula's southern approach to the South Ford Causeway. It launches onto the South Ford, the tidal channel that separates Benbecula from South Uist.
SeaCnìp put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway at Cnip (Kneep), the township that holds a community-owned campsite on the dunes above Traigh na Beirigh (Reef Beach). The turquoise water off this mile-long sandy beach is used locally for wild swimming, kayaking and canoeing.
SeaCnoc Gunna put-in (Ruisigearraidh)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA third small slipway on the same short stretch of shore near Ruisgarry (Ruisigearraidh) on Berneray's east coast, facing the Sound of Harris.
SeaCnoc Easgann put-in (Mànais)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway near Ardslave in the township of Manish (Mànais), one of the scattered crofting settlements strung along the rocky east coast of South Harris in the Bays district, facing the Minch. Manish lies roughly 8km (5 miles) north-east of Rodel, between the townships of Flodabay and Ardslave.
SeaCircebost put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway at Kirkibost (Circebost), a crofting township on the southeast coast of Great Bernera overlooking East Loch Roag. A pontoon was added at the nearby Kirkibost pier in 2022, described as the only one on the west coast of Lewis.
SeaCeòs put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway is at Keose (Ceòs), a crofting township in the North Lochs district on the north shore of Loch Erisort, about 8 miles southwest of Stornoway. It is a concrete slipway reached along a short service track.
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