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The town plays host to the Isle of Skye's shinty club, Skye Camanachd. [22] They play at Pairc nan Laoch above the town on the road to Struan. Portree is home to two football clubs that play in the Skye and Lochalsh amateur football league called Portree and Portree Juniors. Portree is now home to a new youth football club, Skye Young Boys. [23]
Skye and the surrounding islands Bla Bheinn from Loch Slapin Waterfall on the River Rha between Staffin and Uig The vertical west face of the Basteir Tooth (a top next to Am Basteir) in the Cuillin, with Sgùrr nan Gillean in the background. At 1,656 km 2 (639 sq mi), Skye is the second-largest island in Scotland after Lewis and Harris.
The Crowlin Islands in the Inner Sound between Skye and Applecross. The Garvellachs north of Scarba in the Firth of Lorne. The MacCormaig Isles off Kintyre south of Danna. The Sandaig Islands south of Glenelg in the Sound of Sleat. The Slate Islands north of Jura and southwest of Oban. The Small Isles south of Skye and west of Mallaig.
Skye and Lochalsh District Council was a district-level authority, with regional-level functions provided by the Highland Regional Council, based in Inverness. [ 1 ] The districts and regions created in 1975 were abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and replaced with single-tier council areas .
Loch Bracadale and its associated inner lochs - Loch Harport, Loch Vatten, Loch Caroy, Loch Bharcasaig, Loch na Faolinn and Loch Beag - form one of the largest areas of semi-enclosed inshore waters around the Skye coast. [1] The shallow waters are used for salmon and mussel farms, crab and lobster creels as well as scallop diving.
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, and was the final constituency to announce its result, due to multiple recounts related to technical issues in its vote-counting.
The Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were generally replaced with new larger constituencies. [1]
Ross, Skye and Inverness West was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2005.The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.