Broadford, Isle of Skye
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Broadford (An t-Àth Leathann in Scottish Gaelic) is the second-largest town on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It lies on the A87 between Portree and the Skye Bridge.
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[edit] History
Broadford was a cattlemarket until 1812, when Telford built the road from Portree to Kyleakin. Veterans of the Napoleonic Wars settled during the first half of the 19th Century.
[edit] Services
With a co-op supermarket, twenty-four hour petrol station, a few restaurants, museum and a youth hostel, it is a key service centre for southern Skye. It also has a small airfield. The local hospital, the MacKinnon Memorial Hospital has a small ward and casualty department.
[edit] In popular culture
- There is a song by the rock band Jethro Tull called "Broadford Bazaar" (on the remastered version of the Heavy Horses album) which is named after this town.
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