Hoy Longhope
Hoy Longhope is an airport in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Hoy Longhope is situated nearby to the locality South Walls, as well as near North Ness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longhope Lifeboat Museum and Melsetter House, Hoy.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
Museum
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Longhope Lifeboat Museum is a museum at Brims on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and South Walls between 1933 and 1962.
Melsetter House, Hoy
Historic building
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Melsetter House, Hoy is a historic building, which is situated 2 miles west of Hoy Longhope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longhope and Brims.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls.
Brims
Locality
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Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999.
Point of Hackness
Locality
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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hoy Longhope.
Hoy Longhope
- Type: Airport
- Category: transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.79178° or 58° 47′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.21608° or 3° 12′ 58″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)IATA airport code
HOYOpen location code
9CCRQQRM+PHGeoNames ID
8299173
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gallow Tuag (South Walls) and South Ness.
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