The subject of our 2023 Annual Appeal, Phase One of the Trust’s project to make the St Kilda Kirk wind and watertight has been completed, and the team is now progressing to Phase Two, which will see the church become fully reinvigorated with restored interiors and a new interpretation plan. This work will finish in the run up to the 100-year anniversary of the island’s evacuation in 2030 and the National Trust for Scotland’s centennial in 2031.
Situated 400 miles off the coast of North Uist, the archipelago of St KiIda is the UK’s only dual UNESCO World Heritage Site – one of just 39 in the world – and is recognized internationally for both its natural and cultural heritage. The last of the islanders left in 1930, and today the abandoned village Kirk and School pay testament to a once thriving community.
