Is North Uist Wheelchair Friendly?

Outer HebridesDestination Guide
Written By Helen Lear-Grant
Helen is sat in her wheelchair on hard sand, facing the sea, The sky is blue with some white fluffy clouds

I made it onto the sand!

Most people visit North Uist for the stunning natural environment - particularly the beautiful beaches like the one in the photo above. As any wheelchair user will know, the natural environment gives not one flying ferret about accessibility, so we knew this was going to be a tough one. As per, we were determined though. Watch the video to find out where out favourite wheelchair accessible-ish beaches were, and what else we got up to on this beautiful island.

Locations mentioned:

First beach: Knockline HS6 5DT. What3Words https://w3w.co/disprove.jammy.perky

Amazing Beach: Just past Griminish. What3Words https://w3w.co/arrow.sends.shimmered

Beach I got onto in my wheelchair: What3Words https://w3w.co/unrated.compiler.strum...

Malacleit Beach and machair drive: What3Words https://w3w.co/recital.positions.loyal

Lochmaddy Harbour: What3Words https://w3w.co/width.blushes.mess

Taigh Chearsabhagh (TOILETS!): What3Words https://w3w.co/thumbnail.transmits.in...

Toilets also at Lochmaddy Ferry Terminal HS6 5AA https://w3w.co/custodial.lame.variously

Helen Lear-Grant
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