What's normally thought of as Hoy's largest settlement, Longhope isn't really on Hoy at all. It sits on the north shore of South Walls, which was a separate tidal island finally connected to Hoy by a short causeway during World War II. The village of Longhope straggles along the shore near the mouth of the sheltered anchorage, also known as Longhope, which forms part of Scapa Flow and bites deeply between South Walls and North Walls. The focus of the village is the harbour at South Ness, once home to a ferry service across to North Ness in North Walls. At its east end is St. Columba's Church which now serves much of Hoy (THE MORE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS IS ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS BIG) #flow #harbour #hoy #longhope #orkney #pier #rnli #scapa #settlement #village #walls
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