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Hushinish

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OS grid reference
  
NA990119

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
HS3

Local time
  
Friday 8:45 AM

Council area
  
Outer Hebrides

Scottish parliament
  
Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
ISLE OF HARRIS

Police
  
Scottish

Dialling code
  
01851

Lieutenancy area
  
Outer Hebrides

UK parliament constituency
  
Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Hushinish

Weather
  
5°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 85% Humidity

Huisinish or Hushinish (Scottish Gaelic Hùisinis) is a remote place on the west coast of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies at the end of a 12 mile long single track B road. The settlement of only four houses overlooking a white sand beach with views to the Atlantic. Nearby, and to the north, lies the uninhabited island of Scarp, the location of an experimental rocket postal service in the 1930s.

Map of Hushinish, Isle of Harris, UK

The name Hushinish is derived from Old Norse and means "house headland".

References

Hushinish Wikipedia