Stornoway Abattoir is open from 1 September 2025 until 19 December 2025; booking can be made now by calling 01851 706733.

Stornoway Abattoir is the only council run abattoir facility in the United Kingdom and provides an important service to local crofters.

Benefits of using the local Abattoir:

• Vets monitor the overall welfare of animals to ensure that they are healthy and treated humanely.
• Vets carry out post-mortem checks ensuring they don’t contain anything harmful like Hydatid Disease a parasitic infection that causes cysts to grow in the liver and other organs of humans.
• All carcasses are checked and stamped to ensure that they are fit for human consumption.
• The abattoir has regular audits from Food Standards Scotland and Quality Meat Scotland, ensuring everything is being handled safely and hygienically.
• There have been cases of people getting ill from eating infected meat from animals not killed in a slaughterhouse.

A spokesperson for Comhairle nan Eilean Siar said: 

“Members of the public in Lewis and Harris planning to kill livestock are encouraged to contact Stornoway Abattoir to make a booking. Stornoway Abattoir currently operates at a loss. Increased usage of the abattoir will support the continued availability of a safe, hygienic, and regulated abattoir facility in the Western Isles.”