Carloway

Dun Carloway Broch, Lewis

Carloway or Càrlabhagh (in Scottish Gaelic) is a district of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Located on the west coast of the island there is a lively rural Gaelic-speaking community in Carloway. Carloway has a school, which offers Gaelic Medium education and there is also a small Gaelic-medium nursery. Today Carloway has a population of about 400 people. The district is most famous for the Carloway Broch (Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) found at Doune and the Gearrannan Blackhouse Village. Carloway attracts many tourists each summer. Carloway is unique to other districts in Lewis in that most of the local services are found close together, at the Carloway Bridge. Carloway has a medical practice, a police station, a post office, a hotel (Doune Braes) and a well-used Community Centre. The district has two Presbyterian Evangelical churches, one belonging to the Free Church of Scotland and one to the Church of Scotland. Most church services are in English today, although the Free Church has a monthly Gaelic service. Carloway offers many clubs and activities, which are based in the local community centre. There is a Community Association and Community Council, a historical society (which runs a small museum), there is an OAP group, various youth clubs, a gardner's club and a learning association.

Loch Carloway, fed by the Carloway River forms an inlet at the mouth of East Loch Roag.

External links

*http://www.scotland-inverness.co.uk/carloway.htm