Rèinigeadal

Rèinigeadal
Rèinigeadal
	The landing place at Rhenigidale
	Rèinigeadal Location within the Outer Hebrides
Language	Scottish Gaelic; English
OS grid reference	NB228018
Civil parish	Harris;
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar;
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF HARRIS
Postcode district	HS3
Dialling code	01859
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar;
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar;
	List of places UK Scotland 57°55′05″N 6°41′02″W / 57.918°N 6.684°W

Rèinigeadal (or Rhenigidale) is a small settlement in Harris, in the Western Isles in Scotland. It is situated on the east coast of Harris 8 kilometres (5 miles) east of Tarbert, at the western side of the entrance to Loch Seaforth. Rèinigeadal is situated within the parish of Harris.^[1] Rèinigeadal had no road access until 1990; the only route in was 5 kilometres (3 miles) along a hill path, or by boat. The road now links to the A859.^[2]

Rèinigeadal has a youth hostel, run by the Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust. This opened in 1962, and was the first Gatliff hostel.^[3]

The hamlet does not have any shops, restaurants or public houses.^[4] The National Grid only started providing islanders with electricity in 1980.^[5] and the hostel only started using electricity in June 1990.

Acair Ltd. released a book on the village and the fight for the road, 'Rhenigidale - A Community's Fight for Survival', in August 2016.

Rèinigeadal boasted Britain's last single-digit telephone number (Rhenigidale 1) until converted in March 1990.^[6]