Hynish Trust

UHI- North, West and Hebrides have partnered with the Hynish Trust to publish stories from Skerryvore Lighthouse Shore Station on ‘The Coast that Shaped the World’ website and app. This platform, that we launched in 2022 and continue to update and manage, hosts stories from across the west coast and islands. We had a great…

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From this week, Gerald England is joining Frances in the Skerryvore Studio! Pop in to take a look at their work in progress – and on the wall! Gerald will be in the Studio Monday to Saturday from 11am to 5pm – from now until mid-September!

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We would like to invite everyone to join us at Hynish for our weekend of celebration! Here is our programme. Friday 29 August Failte!  ‘A Life in Lighthouses’: a talk by John Pirie, formerly of the Northern Lighthouse Board. Followed by films from the archive, with Screen Argyll at Skerryvore Studio – BYOB! Dinner (set…

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Exciting Developments at the Skerryvore Lighthouse Shore Station! There’s a buzz in the air at Hynish, and for good reason. The Shore Station is coming alive: funding applications are in motion, a Rural Tourism Infrastructure grant has been awarded, The Cottage is being transformed for long-term local lease, and the Skerryvore Studio is already sparking…

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Our pilot project has got off to a great start, with Frances Khetrat the current ‘Artist in Situ’ at Morton Boyd Hall. You can meet Frances, watch her working, and admire her mixed media pieces which now hang in this newly formed space. Opening times are 1pm-5pm on We hope she will be joined by…

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Argyll & Bute Council have put the Hynish Trust forward for funding to assist with upgrading work on the Lighthouse Keepers’ Cottages, Upper Square. The Scottish Government announced that Islands Programme funding of £5.3 million would become available for 2025/26 to fund capital projects on inhabited islands. The Lighthouse Keepers’ Cottages are long-term leaseholds, being…

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