Heathbank Hotel
Accommodation in Northbay, Isle of Barra
Heathbank Hotel on Barra was originally built as a mission house/church around the mid 1800's. Around 100 years later the building was offering accommodation as a guest house. In 1948 during the making of the classic film Whisky Galore, some of the cast stayed in Heathbank. We first opened as a hotel in 1974 and Northbay enjoyed its first licensed premises since the closing of the Old Inn decades before.
After an extensive renovation Heathbank Hotel reopened in July 2004, the renovation involving renewing foundations, a new roof, rewiring, re-plumbing and central heating throughout. The most outstanding alteration was the insertion of windows in the bar where the walls are over 3 foot thick, but the transformation now allows you to sit with a coffee or dram and watch fishing boats arriving across the bay at Ardveenish pier, with their day's catch.
The hotel now has five comfortable en-suite bedrooms, a bright welcoming bar, a reception area and a dining room where breakfast and evening meals are served. Meals are mostly served in the bar where you can also enjoy a sociable evening with the locals who may regale you with stories of the island.
During some of the winter months we reduce our opening hours, typically the bar will be open from 4pm till 11pm, meals 6pm till 8pm.
Heathbank is owned and run by Joe and Kathleen Macleod , now the third generation of Macleod hoteliers on the island who have been at the hotel for over 25 years. They are assisted by a small friendly team who will help make your visit more enjoyable.
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Please note that the hotel will be closed January & February 2010, although the bar will remain open
- Northbay
- Isle of Barra
- HS9 5YQ
- Tel: +44 (0)1871 890266
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