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Coralbox Gift Shop, 3 Backhill Berneray, Isle of North Uist HS6 5BD
opening hours
Tuesday to Saturday
10:30 AM - 5.00PM
March to October
We are a small independent gift shop located on Berneray, Isle of North Uist. We stock a wide range of Hebridean, nautical & island themed items along with jewellery, soaps & much more!
✨️ December ✨️
~ winter opening hours ~
w/c 9th December
Wednesday 11th, 11am to 4pm
Thursday 12th, 11am to 4pm
*** Friday 13th, 12noon to 4pm***
Saturday 14th, 11am to 4pm
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w/c 16th December
Wednesday 18th, 11am to 4pm
Thursday 19th, 11am to 4pm
Friday 20th, 1am to 4pm
Saturday 21st, 11am to 4pm
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From Monday 23rd December, our gift shop on Berneray is closed until end of March 2025.
We can open by arrangement during this time - please email coral-box@hotmail.com
visit our online shop
sea uchin coaster
by artist Sarah Leask
melamine coasters, gloss finished and cork backed
scallop finished egde
dimensions: 100 x 100mm
designed in Scotland & manufactured in the uk
other designs available:
sea scallop, mussel, whelk or thin tellin
opening hours
Tuesday to Saturday
10:30 AM - 5.00PM
March to October
Coralbox Gift Shop
Coralbox was founded in late 2015 by Eilidh (aged 23). After moving away to the Mainland to study photography, Eilidh missed the way of island life, the quieter pace and the beautiful beaches. After completing her photography studies, Eilidh decided to move back home to Berneray, where the idea of Coralbox then began. Using her own photography, an idea to sell coaster and mug items printed with her local photographs was started – first at craft fairs & tabletop sales around the Islands. As Coralbox began to grow from this, a 2 berth caravan was converted into a small shop for 2016 - a base for people to visit and buy items. In summer of 2016 work also began on a new purpose built wooden gift shop, in which Coralbox trades from today.
From craft stalls, to a converted caravan and now to a new build shop, Coralbox is a story of ambition and love for photography & a gift shop, alongside Eilidh being able to work and live back where she grew up as a child.
Berneray is approx. 2 by 3 miles and has a 3 mile long white sanded beach that backs onto Machair land, which has some of the best flora and fauna in Scotland. Berneray is connected to North Uist by causeway and South Harris by ferry and is located in the middle of the 140 mile chain of islands, which make up the Outer Hebrides.