The word holm usually refers to an islet, especially in a river or near a mainland. It can also refer to a piece of flat ground by a river which is submerged in times of flood.
- Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel
- Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel
- Burry Holms off the Gower Peninsula
- Grassholm west of Skomer
- Middleholm east of Skomer
- Skokholm south of Skomer
- Priestholm, former name for Puffin Island, Anglesey
- Gateholm tidal island off the south west coast of Pembrokeshire
- Brooksholm wood near Monmouth
- Waterholmes, historical name for a place near Wiston, Pembrokeshire
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