Editing Benbecula (section)

===Settlements===
Benbecula's main settlement is [[Balivanich]] ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Baile a' Mhanaich'', meaning "Town of the Monk") in the northwest. It is the main administrative centre for Benbecula, North Uist, South Uist and nearby islands, and has the council offices and the administrative centre for [[MOD Hebrides]] on South Uist, which is managed by [[QinetiQ]]. The village is also home to the airport and the island's bank.

Other settlements include Craigstrome, a tiny hamlet in the south-east of Benbecula. In contrast to the cultivated west coast of the island, the eastern half is a mixture of freshwater lochs, [[moorland]], [[bog]] and deeply indenting sea lochs. Craigstrome is near Ruabhal, Benbecula's highest hill at {{convert|124|m|ft|0}}.

The township of Lionacleit houses the island's main secondary school, which also doubles as a community centre, with a swimming pool, cafeteria, sports facilities, a small museum and a library.<ref>[http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/school/lionacleit/about_us.htm "Sgoil Lionacleit"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230834/http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/school/lionacleit/about_us.htm |date=2016-03-03 }} Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Retrieved 4 July 2010.</ref> Next door to this is the Lionacleit campus of [[Lews Castle College]]. Lionacleit lies on the west coast road, about {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=off}} from its junction with the north–south spinal road near Creagorry.

Creagorry is in the south of the island, near the causeway to South Uist. The [[The Co-operative Food|Co-op]] here is the main supermarket for the south of the island and for the north of South Uist. [[Borve Castle, Benbecula|Borve Castle]] is near Lionacleit.

The RAF radar station [[RRH Benbecula]] monitors the northern Atlantic, but is located on the west coast of North Uist.