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of the Ayre at low tide. The status of South Walls is now considered by some writers as a peninsula attached to Hoy and by others as still being an island. For example neither the 2001 or 2011 censuses mention South Walls in their lists of inhabited islands and
Haswell-Smith states that South Walls
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Although the population of Hoy is now only around 400, there was a much larger population in the past. In 1890 there were four schools on the island and four churches, suggesting a much larger population. Despite the larger population there was no paved road between the north of the island and the
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A lifeboat has been on Hoy since 1874, at first housed in a prominent stone building close to the west end of the causeway that links the two islands of Hoy and South Walls. It was stationed there as it meant that the lifeboat could be dragged over wooden skids into the sea in either North Bay,
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There have been two airfields on South Walls, perhaps due to its connections with the navy. One on the southern coast (Snelsetter) which opened in August 1934 and was closed at the end of World War Two; it was used by military and civil aircraft, and now is open land. Another, just east of the
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was built (known as the Golden Wharf because of its huge cost) along with a series of piers and slipways. Offices, workshops, stores and recreational buildings were erected, including a cinema, a theatre and several churches. An earlier headquarters building was replaced in 1943 by an imposing
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During the early years of the Second World War, up to 12,000 personnel were based in and around Lyness to support the defences of the naval anchorage at Scapa Flow and the ships that used it. To support this huge population, hundreds of accommodation huts were built in a number of camps around
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became the
Longhope lifeboat. This class was designed to stay permanently afloat, and the decision was taken to move her to purpose-built moorings at Longhope pier. The lifeboats that have served here since have also been stationed at Longhope, including the current vessel the
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sometime after 1750, the stack is no more than a few hundred years old, and a painting from 1817 shows the stack with an arch at the bottom which has now further eroded and no longer remains. It may soon collapse into the sea.
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The dramatic coastline of Hoy can be seen by visitors travelling to Orkney by ferry from the
Scottish mainland. It has some of the highest sea cliffs in the UK at St John's Head, which reach 350 metres (1,150 ft).
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One of Orkney's few woodlands is found on Hoy, and is among the most northerly areas of woodland in the UK. Patches of the woodland are scattered across the island. There is the remote possibility of locally extant
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1975, Reprinted in Poul
Anderson, "Explorations",Tom Deherty Associates, New York, 1981. The story is set centuries in the future, but it assumes that the island of Hoy will have changed little from its present
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The Hoy and Walls
Community Bus provides a regular timetabled bus service across the islands of Hoy and Walls. The buses go from Moaness on Hoy to Hackness on South Walls, via Linksness, Lyness, North Walls,
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that links the two islands of Hoy and South Walls, opened in
November 1972 and closed in 1993. It was used by civilian aircraft solely and was operated by the airline
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Lyness Royal Naval
Cemetery is around 1 kilometre (1,100 yd) inland from the naval base and has an area of around 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft).
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Hoy has a performing arts theatre, the Gable End
Theatre, which opened in 2000 and has a capacity of 75. The theatre is managed by the Hoy and Walls drama community.
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and red-throated diver. The area is important for its seabird assemblage, which regularly supports 120,000 individual seabirds during the breeding season.
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south, only a footpath. There was, however, an unsurfaced road between the two villages on the north of the isle; Rackwick and
Moaness.
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meaning "high island". It is therefore not surprising that the island of Hoy is the most mountainous in the Orkney
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to the south. The shed continued to serve as the base of the Longhope lifeboat until 1906, when it was replaced.
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valley and dates back to around 3000 BCE. It is unique in northern Europe, bearing similarity to
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concrete HQ and communications centre, also sited high on Wee Fea, which now serves as a hotel.
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At 14,318 ha (35,380 acres) in extent, Hoy is the 12th largest of
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also known as Orkney Notchwort, was first discovered on Ward Hill by
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states that it is "a peninsula, sometimes described as an island."
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723:. It was sold to the RSPB by the Hoy Trust for a nominal amount.
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves in Scotland
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The lifeboat service in Scotland : station by station
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and her entire crew of eight lost their lives. In 2000 an
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Muir, Tom "Geology and Landscape" in Omand (2003) p.220.
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Hoy is featured prominently in the 1984 music video for "
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Whilst based at this station, 17 March 1969 the lifeboat
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The Orkneys and Schetland in Blaeu's Atlas Novus of 1654
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General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003)
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General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003)
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
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due to its importance for nine breeding bird species:
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The main naval base for the British fleet in both the
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Hoy High Lighthouse on Graemsay, viewed from Mainland
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on 1 March 1977 was recorded to have landed at Hoy.
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655:capsized while on service to the Liberian vessel
2373:Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)
1570:"West Highland Mosses And Problems They Suggest"
580:traverse the west of Scapa Flow on two routes:
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4754:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Orkney
3219:A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland
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1558:"Bryology (mosses, liverworts and hornworts)"
1523:Global Species.org, Retrieved 24 January 2015
812:structures nearby date from this period. The
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3227:A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
3211:Description of the Western Isles of Scotland
1817:Island of Hoy website launched December 2008
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2368:Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)
1660:"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species"
1614:. Scottish Natural Heritage. 5 March 2018
1579:p. 46. Edinburgh. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
319:, meaning "high island") is an island in
1121:Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 6
1000:. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 344–6.
820:rebuilt Melsetter house for mountaineer
708:. The northern part of the island is an
478:commissioned by United States President
1511:Birdlife.org, Retrieved 24 January 2015
1103:. Orkneyjar.Retrieved 15 February 2024.
1030:islands over 20 ha in extent and
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3235:The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
1465:. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley.
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1346:"Orkneyjar - The Dwarfie Stane, Hoy"
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645:, stationed here from 1933 to 1962.
2409:Orkney representative football team
2399:Orkney Amateur Football Association
1742:Poul Anderson, "The Bitter Bread",
1665:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
1509:Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hoy
1188:A Dictionary of British Place Names
4285:South Lewis, Harris and North Uist
3105:Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
1574:Annals of Scottish Natural History
958:is a diminutive of "dwarf", while
335:, links the island to the smaller
27:Island in the Orkney Islands group
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4749:National scenic areas of Scotland
4121:Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs
2378:Orcadian Women's Suffrage Society
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3414:Highlands and Islands Enterprise
3133:Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster
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1435:"Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust"
1032:93 permanently inhabited islands
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506:in the southeast of the island.
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4228:Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan
852:coast of Hoy, south of Rackwick
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4739:Important Bird Areas of Orkney
1822:Old Man of Hoy picture gallery
1789:Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004).
1760:Irvine, James M. (ed.) (2006)
1533:Haswell-Smith, Hamish (1996).
1335:. SNH. Retrieved 30 March 2011
1291:. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
1216:. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
1146:Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893)
1126:(Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014.
994:Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004).
1:
4734:Islands of the Orkney Islands
1719:Historic Environment Scotland
1499:. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
1170:(map, Inverness, Nevis Print)
1166:Pedersen, Roy (January 1992)
1024:
962:is the Scots form of "stone".
4744:Locations in Norse mythology
1764:. Ashtead. James M. Irvine.
1612:"Site Details for Hoy (SPA)"
1251:Hall, Tasha (31 July 2022).
1056:National Records of Scotland
482:, who declared war in 1812.
374:The name Hoy comes from the
205:, 481 m (1,578 ft)
3419:Scottish Islands Federation
2989:Zenith of Iron Age Shetland
2971:Standing Stones of Stenness
1774:Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003)
1695:Watson-Guptill Publications
1691:The Arts & Crafts House
1592:. Scottish Natural Heritage
1190:. Oxford University Press.
928:List of islands of Scotland
522:Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery
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4450:Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon
4355:Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon
1537:. Canongate. p. 283.
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864:Scapa Flow Visitor Centre
796:Here Comes The Rain Again
623:Longhope Lifeboat Station
617:Longhope lifeboat station
591:Moaness in Hoy via small
442:lies in the north of the
417:, one of 40 in Scotland.
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4560:Balranald Nature Reserve
3652:Shetland Islands Council
3612:West Highland Free Press
2727:List of places in Orkney
1795:. Edinburgh: Canongate.
1497:Longhope Lifeboat Museum
1459:Leach, Nicholas (2013).
808:Some rather incongruous
637:Longhope Lifeboat Museum
3992:Highland Boundary Fault
3905:Yesnaby Sandstone Group
3575:Free Church of Scotland
3542:Orkney Heritage Society
1634:"SPA Description (Hoy)"
1590:"Sitelink - Map Search"
1439:longhopelifeboat.org.uk
920:Scottish islands portal
754:great black-backed gull
742:Special Protection Area
466:The two most northerly
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275:2.9/km (7.5/sq mi)
106:Hoy shown within Orkney
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4349:Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
4176:Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
4089:Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
3657:Orkney Islands Council
3496:Shetland Amenity Trust
3292:Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
3156:Buckquoy spindle-whorl
2358:Orkney Islands Council
2027:List of Orkney islands
1778:. Edinburgh. Birlinn.
1306:Gazetteer for Scotland
1099:30 August 2000 at the
946:Including South Walls.
783:Salvelinus inframundus
762:Black-legged kittiwake
735:William Jackson Hooker
676:) and her predecessor
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408:Gazetteer for Scotland
331:. A natural causeway,
4403:Eildon and Leaderfoot
4331:Hoy and West Mainland
4233:North West Sutherland
4131:Dumfries and Galloway
4042:National scenic areas
3926:Great Estuarine Group
3798:North Ronaldsay sheep
3491:Peerie Willie Johnson
3276:Scottish island names
3170:18th and 19th Century
3120:Lordship of the Isles
3100:Scandinavian Scotland
1827:15 April 2009 at the
1331:11 March 2017 at the
1326:National Scenic Areas
1180:Mills, A. D. (2011).
1072:(Report). SG/2013/126
726:Anastrepta orcadensis
573:Ferry point at Lyness
572:
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4139:East Stewartry Coast
3985:Islands of the Clyde
3771:Domesticated animals
3731:St Kilda field mouse
3527:Peter Maxwell Davies
3092:Kingdom of the Isles
2981:Prehistoric Shetland
2880:Islands of the Forth
2875:Islands of the Clyde
2480:Villages and hamlets
1792:The Scottish Islands
1535:The Scottish Islands
1257:scottishdailyexpress
1227:"Map of Hoy, Orkney"
1168:Orkneyjar ok Katanes
997:The Scottish Islands
674:Tamar-class lifeboat
595:to/from the town of
588:on Mainland, Orkney.
4709:Scotland portal
4494:Scotland portal
4466:West Dunbartonshire
3941:Lorne plateau lavas
3788:Hebridean Blackface
3580:Iain Crichton Smith
3522:George Mackay Brown
3409:Crofters Commission
3110:Bishop of the Isles
2767:Islands of Scotland
1848: /
1356:on 24 February 2020
1034:were listed in the
721:red-throated divers
706:Important Bird Area
661:Arun-class lifeboat
599:on Orkney Mainland.
148: /
34:
4290:South Uist Machair
4277:Na h-Eileanan Siar
3762:Shetland Mouse-ear
3547:St Magnus Festival
2937:Prehistoric Orkney
2885:Freshwater Islands
2665:St Margaret's Hope
2204:South East islands
2199:South West islands
2194:North East islands
2189:North West islands
2083:Holm of Grimbister
1697:. pp. 34–37.
1687:Tinniswood, Adrian
1058:(15 August 2013).
790:In popular culture
575:
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349:Scotland's islands
280:Largest settlement
272:Population density
168:Physical geography
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4203:Glen Strathfarrar
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3931:Hebridean Terrane
3887:Geology of Orkney
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2034:Inhabited islands
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1123:Orkney (Mainland)
1094:Orkney Placenames
1007:978-1-84195-454-7
822:Thomas Middlemore
665:Sir Max Aitken II
496:Second World Wars
454:tombs around the
429:The Dwarfie Stane
360:Old Red Sandstone
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199:Highest elevation
116:OS grid reference
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