📌 Shawbost, Isle of Lewis
★★★
Beinn Bhragair is surprisingly accessible despite lying amidst an expanse of boggy moorland; it has a surfaced road (closed to vehicles) from Pairc Siabost to its base, featuring a surprisingly large number of long-abandoned, rusting cars. Once the tarmac ends, all that’s left is a short but sharp, rough climb up a grassy gully to reach the fabulous views along the northern Lewis coastline from the top.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Pairc minor road end, Shawbost, Isle of Lewis
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NB 266456
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.313719,-6.669472
🚌 Infrequent bus stops on A858 at Pairc turnoff (1 mi), or possibly at walk start by request
🚗 Space to park at road end – don’t block gates or turning area
📝 Key info
▶ 7 km / 4 mi | ▲ 240 m | ⌛ 2.5 hr
Features: △ Beinn Bhragair (261 m, sub-2000′ Marilyn)
⬤⬤ Moderate to Tough | Easy tarmac track for approach. Final 0.5 mi to summit is steep & often pathless over rough ground, boggy in places.
Download file for GPS➡️ Out-and-back walk: start – track to waterworks near Airigh Nupe – broad gully to SE – bend east then NE to Beinn Bhragair summit – return by outward route
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Red grouse, curlew, cuckoo heard, meadow pipits, wren. Sheep in an adjacent field near the start.
Weather: Cloudy with a little hazy sunshine & a few spots of rain. 12°C, breezy.
June 2025
