Holm
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.jpg) A small community by the Shildinis headland | |
  Holm Location within the Outer Hebrides | |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | NB454313 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STORNOWAY |
| Postcode district | HS2 |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Holm Village (Scottish Gaelic: 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]
- ^ "Details of Holm". Scottish Places. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Iolaire Memorial". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 26 July 2009.