Lunna House, Forewick Holm

Name: Lunna House
Address: Forewick Holm, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Forewick Holm

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Lunna House is a 17th-century laird's house on Lunna Ness in the Shetland Islands. Lunna House is noted for having "the best historic designed landscape in Shetland". In the 20th century it was used as a base of the wartime Shetland Bus operation. ()

Coordinates: 60°24'15"N, 1°7'6"W

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Forewick Holm United Kingdom

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Lunna House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skate of Marrister, Lunna Holm, Whalsay Parish Church, Pier House Museum.

4.7 miSE
Island
Skate of Marrister
119 min walk • The Skate of Marrister is a flat ledge that extends about 300 yards from the western shore of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is slightly more than 1 mile north-north-west from Symbister Ness off the village of Marrister, in Linga Sound. At low tide the ledge rises 5 feet above the water.
4.3 miNE
Island
Lunna Holm
110 min walk • Lunna Holm is a small island near Lunna Ness, in the Shetland Islands. It is 27 metres at its highest point.
4.8 miSE
Church
Whalsay Parish Church, Whalsay
123 min walk • Whalsay Parish Church or Whalsay Kirk is a Church of Scotland parish church on the island of Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It lies to the north of the village of Brough, on the southern part of a promontory known as Kirk Ness, connected to the mainland by a neck of land.
5.3 miSE
Museum
Pier House Museum
137 min walk • The Pier House Museum is a museum in Symbister, Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
3.1 miN
Island
Fish Holm
80 min walk • Fish Holm is a small island, 1.5 miles east of Mainland, Shetland. It is near the village of Mossbank. It is 20 metres at its highest point, and a mile south of Samphrey in Yell Sound.
6.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Huxter Fort, Whalsay
162 min walk • Huxter Fort is an Iron Age fortification on the island of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland, dating to around 300 BC. It is on an islet in the Loch of Huxter, connected to the shore by a causeway.
4 miSE
Island
West Linga
102 min walk • West Linga is an uninhabited island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland.
5.2 miN
Island
Orfasay
133 min walk • Orfasay is one of the Shetland Islands.
2.8 miNW
Island
Linga
71 min walk • Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, in Yell Sound.
4.6 miN
Island
Samphrey
117 min walk • Samphrey is an uninhabited island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. One of Fair Isle's old names is "Friðarey" which is of similar origin.
4.6 miW
Neighbourhood
North Mainland, Law Ting Holm
117 min walk • The North Mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland is the part of the Mainland lying north of Voe.

Lunna House, Forewick Holm

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Lunna House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)