The West Side is the name used for the townships which lie on the Isle of Lewis

Lewis

Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....

 between Dell in Ness and Shawbost in the south.

One road, the A858 serves nearly all of the communities, which are predominantly Gaelic-speaking.

The villages on the West Side are: (from the north) Galson, Melbost, Borve, Shader, Barvas

Barvas

Barvas is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.It developed around a road junction. North is the road to Ness; west takes the traveller to Carloway and the West Side; south runs the road to Stornoway...

, then Brue

Brue

Brue is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the West Side district, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is a crofting township and it is composed of two areas: Am Baile Staigh, which is nearer the coast, and Pàirc Bhrù, which runs towards the moor. In total it covers a road distance of 2.5 km...

, Arnol

Arnol

Arnol is a small village typical of many settlements of the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Once a thriving township with over forty crofts it now has a population of about 100 and supports a much lower number of active crofters...

, Bragar

Bragar

Bragar is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, 14 miles from the island's only town, Stornoway.Residents are mainly Gaelic speaking, and many work as crofters....

 and Shawbost

Shawbost

Shawbost is a large township in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis. The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around 20 miles to the west of the island's capital Stornoway. A recent development in the village was the renovation of the old school into the new community centre...

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