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Building Site At The Ferns, 2.7 Acres Or Thereby, Longhope

Description

SITE 1 - OFFERS OVER £25,000 - UNDER OFFER
SITE 2 - OFFERS OVER £45,000
This area of ground, which extends to the foreshore and enjoys beautiful sea views, offers an excellent opportunity to erect a new dwellinghouse subject to the necessary planning consents.
The purchaser will be liable for servicing the site.

SITE 1 - OFFERS OVER £25,000 - UNDER OFFER
SITE 2 - OFFERS OVER £45,000
This area of ground, which extends to the foreshore and enjoys beautiful sea views, offers an excellent opportunity to erect a new dwellinghouse subject to the necessary planning consents.
The purchaser will be liable for servicing the site.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

3 Mbps

Under 10 Mbps here

Suitable for

  • Basic browsing & email

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good LimitedThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • North Walls Community School2.2 miles
    Pupils
    20
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Flotta Community School5.6 miles
    Pupils
    2
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Orphir Community School10 miles
    Pupils
    31
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Hope Primary School10 miles
    Pupils
    54
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Crossroads Primary School11 miles
    Pupils
    7
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Stromness Academy12 miles
    Pupils
    338
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Kirkwall Grammar School17 miles
    Pupils
    861
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Thurso High School18 miles
    Pupils
    753
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Wick High School26 miles
    Pupils
    735
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Stronsay Junior High School32 miles
    Pupils
    16
    Type
    Non-denominational

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Stromness - Ferry Road, Stromness12 miles
Spar Castletown, Castletown15 miles
Co-op Kirkwall, Kirkwall16 miles

GP surgery

Daisy Villa11 miles

Pharmacy

Daisy Villa11 miles

Walking trail

Melsetter0.8 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Thurso Rail Station17 miles

Nearest bus stop

Foreman's Cottage687 metres

Typical drive times

Wick4 hr 13 min · 73 miles
Thurso4 hr 7 min · 69 miles
Kirkwall2 hr 20 min · 21 miles
Stromness2 hr 19 min · 20 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From SEPA flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Not shown on SEPA's flood mapsLower risk

Surface water

Within SEPA's mapped surface water extentMapped risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)

£14.99 · one-off purchase

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