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About Botarua

Botarua occupies North Uist's western coast in the Outer Hebrides, reached via ferry to Lochmaddy then the A865. This remote Atlantic-facing settlement experiences fierce Hebridean weather and forms part of a cluster with Malacleit and Struan. The area's machair grasslands provide crucial habitat for corncrakes, whose distinctive rasping calls fill summer evenings.

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Botarua is in Scotland, at 57.631, -7.392 - about 26 km north-west of Kallin.

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The closest airport to Botarua is Benbecula Airport, 28 km (about 32 min by car).

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