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Lying 41 miles west of North Uist, St Kilda is home to the largest colony of seabirds in northern Europe, including a quarter of the world's population of northern gannets.

The majestic scenery above water is mirrored by cliffs, caves and reefs plunging into the far depths of the ocean. This, and the extraordinary clarity of the water, has made St Kilda renowned as one of the foremost dive sites in Europe.

St Kilda is no less famous for its human history. A fragile community clung on for at least 4,000 years in this most remote of places. It's almost unimaginable how the islanders existed in this harsh environment, catching gannets, fulmars and puffins for food, feathers and oil, and farming some meagre crops. The village on the main island of Hirta was laid out in the 1830s and consists of a crescent of houses with cultivated plots. On 29 August 1930, the remaining 36 islanders were evacuated to the mainland.

In addition to its dual World Heritage status, St Kilda has been designated a National Nature Reserve, a National Scenic Area, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a European Community Special Protection Area. The village has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

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St Kilda has one of the most extensive groups of vernacular building remains in Britain. The layout of the 19th-century village remains to this day, and over 1,400 stone-built cleitean for storing food and fuel are scattered all over the islands, even on the sea stacs

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