Country: | Scotland |
Official Name: | Holm |
Gaelic Name: | Tolm |
Label Position: | top |
Static Image Name: | Tolm Holm (geograph 3467498).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | A small community by the Shildinis headland |
Language: | Scottish Gaelic |
Language1: | English |
Os Grid Reference: | NB454313 |
Coordinates: | 58.198°N -6.332°W |
Civil Parish: | Stornoway |
Unitary Scotland: | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Western Isles |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Constituency Westminster: | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Post Town: | STORNOWAY |
Postcode Area: | HS |
Postcode District: | HS2 |
Dial Code: | 01851 |
Holm Village (gd|Tolm) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle 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.[1]
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.[2]