Park Hall, Forewick Holm

#5 among attractions in Forewick Holm

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Park Hall is a derelict laird's house situated west of the village of Bixter, in the parish of Sandsting on the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It has fallen into disrepair due to its abandonment. ()

Coordinates: 60°15'26"N, 1°26'11"W

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Park Hall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Weisdale Mill, Stanydale Temple, Broch of Culswick, Broch of West Burrafirth.

5.1 miE
Art museum, Museum
Weisdale Mill, Weisdale
130 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.
2.3 miSW
Archaeological site
Stanydale Temple, Walls
59 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 miSW
Island, Memorial
Broch of Culswick, Walls
156 min walk • The Broch of Culswick is an unexcavated coastal broch in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It has good views all around, including Foula and Vaila isles, and Fitful Head and Fair Isle in the south.
4.5 miNW
Island
Broch of West Burrafirth
115 min walk • The Broch of West Burrafirth is an Iron Age broch located on the west side of Mainland, Shetland.
5.4 miSW
Island
Linga
139 min walk • Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, near Vaila and Walls on Mainland, Shetland. Its highest elevation is 28 metres. In 2014 and 2018 it was reported that the island was for sale for £250,000.
3.6 miW
Archaeological site
Scord of Brouster, Walls
92 min walk • The Scord of Brouster is one of the earliest Neolithic farm sites in Shetland, Scotland. It has been dated to 2220 BC with a time window of 80 years on either side. It comprises three houses, several fields surrounded by walls, and a cairn.
5.1 miN
Island
Vementry
130 min walk • Vementry is an uninhabited Scottish island in Shetland on the north side of the West Mainland, lying south of Muckle Roe.
5.6 miSE
Island
Flotta
142 min walk • Flotta is an island off the south west of Mainland, Shetland. The name may come from the Old Norse, flatey meaning flat island, and the island's highest point is only ten metres. It is in Weisdale Voe, and is to the south of Greena.
2.2 miW
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West Mainland, Walls
57 min walk • The West Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland lying west of Aith.
6.1 miSE
Island
Hoy
157 min walk • 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.
6.4 miSW
Island
Vaila
162 min walk • Vaila is an island in Shetland, Scotland, lying south of the Westland peninsula of the Shetland Mainland. It has an area of 327 hectares, and is 95 metres at its highest point.