New Tolsta[1] (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Ùr Tholastaidh) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. New Tolsta is within the parish of Stornoway,[2] and it lies to the north of North Tolsta, at the end of the B895 road.[3]

New Tolsta Scottish Gaelic: Baile Ùr Tholastaidh
A traditional house at New Tolsta
New Tolsta Location within the Outer Hebrides
Language	Scottish Gaelic English
OS grid reference	NB531485
Civil parish	Stornoway
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode district	HS2
Dialling code	01851
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 58.356°N 6.221°W / 58.356; -6.221

To the north of the village lies the beginning of a road that was planned to cross the moor and meet the road end in the village of Skigersta in Ness. The uncompleted project is known locally as "the road to nowhere".

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bail' Ùr Tholastaidh.

• Canmore - Lewis, New Tolsta
• Canmore - Lewis, New Tolsta, Black House site record

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