Longhope
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Longhope, Orkney”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longhope Lifeboat Museum and Hackness Martello Tower and Battery.
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. Longhope Lifeboat Museum is situated 1½ miles southwest of Longhope.
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is situated 2 miles east of Longhope.
Crockness Martello tower
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Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness. Crockness Martello tower is situated 2 miles northeast of Longhope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brims and Point of Hackness.
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. Brims is situated 2 miles southwest of Longhope.
Point of Hackness
Locality
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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 2 miles east of Longhope.
Lyness
Village
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Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. Lyness is situated 2½ miles north of Longhope.
Longhope
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.79878° or 58° 47′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.2038° or 3° 12′ 14″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9CCRQQXW+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 612585153OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Xhosa—“Longhope” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Longhope”
- Danish: “Longhope (Orkney)”
- Danish: “Longhope”
- Dutch: “Longhope, Orkney”
- Italian: “Longhope”
- Xhosa: “Longhope (Orkney)”
- Xhosa: “Longhope”
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