Tarbert, Harris

Tarbert (Scottish Gaelic: An Tairbeart) is the main community on Harris in the Western Isles of Scotland. The name means "isthmus", "crossing point" or "portage", in Gaelic.[1][2] The isthmus, between the sea lochs West Loch Tarbert and East Loch Tarbert, joins south Harris to north Harris and Lewis. In 1981 it had a population of 503.[3]

Tarbert

The MV Hebrides at Tarbert pier
Tarbert
Location within the Outer Hebrides
Population503 (1981)
LanguageScottish Gaelic
English
OS grid referenceNG154999
• Edinburgh191 mi (307 km)
• London515 mi (829 km)
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF HARRIS
Postcode districtHS3
Dialling code01859
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Tarbert's Church of Scotland parish church was built in 1862, and is within the parish of Harris.[4] Tarbert also has a Free Presbyterian church.[5] The Very Rev Mackintosh MacKay was minister of the latter in the 1860s.

Transport

Tarbert has a car ferry terminal which operates to Uig on Skye.[6] The short A868 joins the terminal to the north–south A859 road.

Preceding station   Ferry   Following station
Terminus   Caledonian MacBrayne
Harris Ferry		   Uig

Economy

The Harris distillery, a Scotch whisky and Gin distillery is located in Tarbert.[7]

References
  1. "Gaelic". North Harris Trust. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. "Placenames P-Z" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. "Tarbert Details". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. "Harris, Tarbert, Parish Church". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  5. "Harris, Tarbert, Free Presbyterian Church". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  6. "Uig - Tarbert - Lochmaddy". Ships of CalMac. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  7. Maclean, Charles (2016). Whiskypedia. A Gazetteer of Scotch Whisky. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. 240-241. ISBN 978-1-78027-401-0.


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