Museums & Galleries · Orkney
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
📍 KW16 3NZ
Photo: Calum McRoberts (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Go on board and inside the old lifeboat
- Learn the story of the Longhope lifeboats and RNLI
- Explore stories of the crews, boats and island communities
- Hands-on museum exhibits
Former lifeboat station on Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Practical details
- Open
- Open Spring and Summer, closes 2 October
From the attraction's own website on 25 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
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🚆 Or come by train
- Thurso 16.9 miles
- Georgemas Junction 20.1 miles
- Scotscalder 23.6 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page