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Holm, Lewis

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OS grid reference
  
NB454313

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
STORNOWAY

Dialling code
  
01856

Civil parish
  
Stornoway

Lieutenancy area
  
Western Isles

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Monday 4:03 PM

Council area
  
Outer Hebrides

Holm, Lewis

Language
  
Scottish Gaelic English

Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 45 km/h, 87% Humidity

Holm Village (Scottish Gaelic: Tolm) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the island 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.

Map of Holm, Isle of Lewis, UK

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.

References

Holm, Lewis Wikipedia