Coordinates: 57°14′N 5°53′W / 57.24, -5.88
Map of Skye showing Broadford
Broadford (An t-Àth Leathann in Scottish Gaelic) is the second-largest town on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It lies on the A87 between Portree and the Skye Bridge.
History
Broadford was a cattlemarket until 1812, when Telford built the road from Portree to Kyleakin. Veterans of the Napoleonic Wars settled during the first half of the 19th Century. Writing in the middle of the 19th century, Alexander Smith said, "If Portree is the London of Skye, Broadford is its Manchester."[2]
Services
With a co-op supermarket,which recently took over the twenty-four hour petrol station and is due for a major refurbishment in May 2008, a few restaurants(namely the Claymore,Broadford Hotel, Dunollie Hotel,and Hebridean Hotel amongst others)the world famous Skye Serpentarium and a youth hostel, it is a key service centre for southern Skye. It also has a small airfield at Ashaig. The local hospital, the MacKinnon Memorial Hospital has a small ward and casualty department. There is a also a "chippy" and bakery.
In popular culture
- There is a song by the rock band Jethro Tull called "Broadford Bazaar" (on the remastered version of the Heavy Horses album) which is named after this town.
Geology
The mineral harkerite was first found near Broadford by the petrologist Alfred Harker .[3]
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