North Tolsta is a village in the Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 Outer Hebrides

Outer Hebrides

The Outer Hebrides also known as the Western Isles and the Long Island, is an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The islands are geographically contiguous with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland...

, on the east side of the Isle of Lewis

Lewis

Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....

. Tolsta is notable for its long sandy beach popular with surfers. The village of Bail' Ùr Tholastaidh

Bail' Ùr Tholastaidh

Baile Ùr Tholastaidh is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It lies to the north of Tolastadh Bho Thuath. To the north of Baile Ùr Tholastaidh lies the beginning of a road that was planned to cross the moor and meet the road end in the village of Skigersta in Ness....

 (New Tolsta) is to the north and Glen Tholastaid to the south. At the end of Tolsta's long sandy beach there are 5 caves only visitable during low tide, these Caves are locally known as "The Caves of Life." There is a campsite nearby where the showers are a pound.

External links

• Visitor's guide for the Island of Lewis
• http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/Website of the Western Isles Council
  Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is the local government council for Na h-Eileanan Siar council area of Scotland.It is the only local council in Scotland to have a Gaelic-only name...
  
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• Disabled access to Lewis for residents and visitors
• 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article on Lewis and Harris