Leverburgh

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Leverburgh (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Ob) is the second largest village, after Tarbert, Harris, on the island of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

The village was renamed in English after the soap tycoon Lord Leverhulme who in 1920 redeveloped the village into a fish processing centre which was to have supplied a network of 400 fish shops across the UK called MacFisheries. After his death in 1925, the enterprise was halted and the workforce laid off. The old name simply derives from a Norse word for a bay.

Lord Leverhulme had also planned to implement a train line on the island. This plan was abandoned due to the high cost of implementing the idea.

There is a ferry service between Leverburgh and Berneray which links the islands of Harris and North Uist (which is linked to Berneray by causeway).

Leverburgh has a number of local amenities, most notability An Clachan, the local grocery shop. This community-owned cooperative venture is headed by Marion Litterick, who also owns another Leverburgh business, the Cauldron, with her husband.

The nearby area is known for it beautiful beaches, especially along the west coast road.