Shawbost (Scottish Gaelic: Siabost) is a large village in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis.

The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around 20 miles (30 kilometres) west of Lewis's capital Stornoway.

Shawbost is a prominent village on the Isle of Lewis, due to the school, community centre, beach and Harris Tweed mill.

These facilities include a community library, games hall, swimming pool, outdoor football park[3] and shinty, all which can be used by the public in addition to a kitchen and meeting rooms.

Thus the centre became home to many new facilities, including an auditorium which can seat around 75 people but can be folded and stored away so that the room can be used for dances and other events.

[7] There is also a community kitchen which is used as a café in summer for visitors to the local museum and also for tourists passing through the village en route to another of Lewis's many historical sites.

The centre also contains a conference room, fitness suite and a croileagan, which is a nursery in which the children are taught in Gaelic.