Brei Holm

Brei Holm is a tiny tidal islet in the western Shetland Islands. It is due east of Papa Stour, to which it is connected at low tide, just outside Housa Voe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forewick Holm and Papa Stour Airport.

Forewick Holm

Islet

Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forewick Holm is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between Papa Stour and the Mainland of Shetland. It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.

Papa Stour Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Papa Stour Airstrip is a small airstrip in the village of Biggings on the island of Papa Stour. Shetland, Scotland.

Holm of Melby

Islet

Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holm of Melby is a small uninhabited island off Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. It lies in the Sound of Papa just offshore from the settlement of Melby in the district of Sandness.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biggings and Sandness.

Biggings

Hamlet

Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century.

Sandness

Hamlet

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Sandness is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound. Sandness is situated 2 miles south of Brei Holm.