Longhope Post Office

Longhope Post Office is a post office in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Longhope Post Office is situated nearby to Longhope Pier, as well as near the church Saint John.

Opening hours:
Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 AM—12:30 PM and 2:00 PM—5:30 PM
Tuesday and Thursday—Saturday: 9:30 AM—12:30 PM and 2:00 PM—5:30 PM
Type: Post office
Postal code: KW16 3PG

Places of Interest Nearby

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 Post Office.

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 Post Office.

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 Post Office.

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. Brims is situated 2 miles southwest of Longhope Post Office.