Fairy Glen, Uig
Miniature green cones and hollows above Uig — twenty minutes' wander, odd and lovely.
Today
good
Good all day: dry, gusts under 35 mph.
08:00 · gusts 8 mph · dry
goodmarginalpoor
Windlightbreezystronggusts peak 11 mph
Why this?
- Best 4 hours08:00–12:00
- Gusts11 mph at 09:00good below 35 · poor from 45
- Raindrygood to 0.2 mm an hour · poor over 1
Hourly forecast: Met Office model, via Open-Meteo
sunrise 07:53 · sunset 16:23 · gusts to 12 mph · 0.0 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated low: tucked into a hollow, so wind and showers barely register. Please don't add to the stone spirals — they are a recent nuisance, not folklore.
Starts: Sheader road out of Uig, roadside parking
2.0 km · 70 m of ascent · 0.75-1 h · sheltered
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