Holm, Lewis

Human settlement in Scotland

Holm is located in Outer Hebrides

Holm

Location within the Outer Hebrides

LanguageScottish Gaelic
EnglishOS grid referenceNB454313Civil parish

Stornoway

Council area

Na h-Eileanan Siar

Lieutenancy area

Western Isles

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSTORNOWAYPostcode districtHS2Dialling code01851PoliceScotlandFire Scottish Ambulance Scottish UK Parliament

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Scottish Parliament

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

List of places: UK; Scotland

58°11′53″N 6°19′55″W / 58.198°N 6.332°W / 58.198; -6.332

Holm Village (Scottish Gaelic: Tolm) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. The modern area of Holm can be split into two distinct areas - "Holm Village" and "Holm Road with Parkend". Holm is within the parish of Stornoway.^[1]

Iolaire Memorial

The Iolaire Memorial on Holm Point commemorates Admiralty Yacht HMS Iolaire, lost on rocks lying to the south in 1919. 205 died, many of them war veterans returning to the island.^[2]

See also

References

^ "Details of Holm". Scottish Places. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ "Iolaire Memorial". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 26 July 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holm, Isle of Lewis.

Visitor's guide for the Isle of Lewis
Website of the Western Isles Council with links to other resources
Disabled access to Lewis for residents and visitors
"Lewis-with-Harris" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 525–526.
A Guide to living in the Outer Hebrides, with most information pertaining to Lewis

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