Hoy

#7156 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Hoy is a small island in Weisdale Voe, an arm of the sea in the Shetland islands, Scotland. Nearby are the smaller islets of Hoggs of Hoy and Junk. The Sound of Hoy lies between Hoy and Strom Ness peninsula on the Shetland Mainland. The highest point of the island is 35 metres above sea level. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 60°11'11"N, 1°19'40"W

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Hoy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Clickimin Broch, Weisdale Mill, Stanydale Temple, Clickimin Loch.

6.1 miSE
Body of water, Park, Memorial
Clickimin Broch, Lerwick
157 min walk • The Broch of Clickimin is a large, well-preserved but restored broch in Lerwick in Shetland, Scotland. Originally built on an island in Clickimin Loch, it was approached by a stone causeway.
5.3 miN
Art museum, Museum
Weisdale Mill, Weisdale
135 min walk • Weisdale Mill is a watermill in the village of Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland. It is located near the head of Weisdale Voe on the west of the island, a twenty-minute drive from the main town of Lerwick.
6.4 miNW
Archaeological site
Stanydale Temple, Walls
164 min walk • Stanydale Temple is a Neolithic site on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. It is located in a field to the south of the modern village of Stanydale, roughly 21 miles by road northwest of Lerwick, to the northeast of the village of Gruting.
6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Clickimin Loch, Lerwick
156 min walk • Clickimin Loch is a loch in Shetland, Scotland, west of Lerwick. A Pictish fort from the 6th century called Clickimin Broch is located on a small islet at the southern end of the loch. Clickimin Leisure Centre is at the north of the loch.
6 miSE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Lerwick Observatory, Law Ting Holm
154 min walk • Lerwick Observatory is a British meteorological observatory located near the port at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. It is one of three permanent geomagnetic observatories in the United Kingdom.
3.9 miSE
Museum, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Scalloway Castle, Mainland
100 min walk • Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland.
4.8 miS
Island
Oxna
124 min walk • Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. The island has been uninhabited since the First World War, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home. Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast.
3.8 miSE
Village
Scalloway
97 min walk • In addition to its historical attractions, Scalloway boasts a picturesque harbor where visitors can watch traditional fishing boats and yachts bobbing on the crystal-clear waters. The village's maritime heritage is on display at the Shetland Bus Memorial, which...
3.3 miS
Island
Linga
86 min walk • Linga is a small island off Hildasay in the Shetland Islands. It is one of the Scalloway Islands. Haswell-Smith compares Hildasay and the adjacent islands to a yeti's footprint, with Linga as the big toe.
3.2 miS
Island
Hildasay
81 min walk • Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.
4.5 miS
Island
Papa
116 min walk • Papa is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland. Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna in the Shetland Islands. The population was 20 in 1871, 14 in 1881 and 23 in 1891. The last residents left between 1891 and 1930. Most habitation was on the eastern end of the island, the peninsula East Head of Papa.