Helliar Holm

#3915 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967. It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay. It is still possible to walk across from the mainland during very low tides. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 59°1'18"N, 2°54'4"W

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Helliar Holm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Pickaquoy Centre, St Magnus Cathedral, Bishop's Palace, Balfour Castle.

3.6 miSW
Outdoor activities, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
93 min walk • The Pickaquoy Centre is a multi-use leisure centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. The arena has 1,600-seat stands, and can be condensed and used as a sports hall, with room for two five a side football pitches.
3.5 miSW
Striking, 12th-century place of worship
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
89 min walk • St Magnus Cathedral dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
3.5 miSW
Stately remains of 2 historic castles
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall
90 min walk • The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It housed the cathedral's first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic church who took his authority from the Archbishop of Nidaros.
0.9 miNW
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
23 min walk • Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour, and designed by Edinburgh architect David Bryce.
3.5 miSW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall
90 min walk • The Earl's Palace is a ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney, its construction began in 1607 and was largely undertaken via forced labour.
3.3 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Orkney Wireless Museum, Kirkwall
85 min walk • The Orkney Wireless Museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, houses a collection of domestic and military wireless equipment. It developed from the private collection of the late Jim MacDonald from St Margaret's Hope and marks the importance of wireless communications in Orkney during World War II.
4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Tankerness, Mainland
108 min walk • Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east.
2.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Vasa Loch, Shapinsay
53 min walk • Vasa Loch is a brackish lagoon in southwestern Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. This water body has been shown on early maps of the island in a very similar shape and size to its current geometry, separated from the North Sea by a narrow strip of raised beach.
5.6 miW
Museum, Archaeological site
Rennibister Earth House, Mainland
143 min walk • Rennibister Earth House is located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. It is located by the southeastern shore of the Bay o' Firth, in a farm yard and is accessed by a hatch in the roof of the earth house and by a ladder.
5 miNE
Archaeological site
Burroughston Broch, Shapinsay
128 min walk • Burroughston Broch is an Iron Age broch located on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland. The site overlooks the North Sea on the northeast part of Shapinsay.
3.5 miSW
Library
Orkney Library & Archive, Kirkwall
90 min walk • Orkney Library and Archive is a Scottish public library service based in Kirkwall, Orkney. Founded in 1683, Orkney Library is the oldest public library in Scotland. Its rules date from 1815. It has become known for its popular, humorous Twitter account.