# Hollyrood GN division, Thalawakele DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/hollyrood/ Grama Niladhari division · Thalawakele DS Division # Hollyrood Hollyrood is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Thalawakele DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province. It covers **3.71 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 3.7km² - 1mapped services - 1,232 mtypical elevation ## Where is Hollyrood? Hollyrood lies in [Thalawakele DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/), [Nuwara Eliya District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/), [Central Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 5 other GN divisions: [Bearwell](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/bearwell/), [Devon](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/devon/), [Great Western](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/great-western/), [Thalawakele](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/thalawakele/) and [Watagoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/watagoda/). By area it is the 4040th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.4% of [Thalawakele DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/). The centre of Hollyrood is about 90 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.9492° N, 80.6646° E. Local names: හොලිරූඩ් . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Villages and localities in Hollyrood Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Hollyrood. - Devsiripura - Dewsiripura - Holyrood Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Hollyrood Named natural and historic features inside Hollyrood, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 2 estates. - East Holirood - Great Western Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Hollyrood and the best time to visit Using the climate of Nuwara Eliya District, the warmest month is Apr (average 22 °C) and the coolest is Jan (19 °C), after allowing for this place being about 313 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,762 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (274 mm) and the driest Jul (82 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and June to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 19 108 Feb 20 86 Mar 21 104 Apr 22 175 May 22 164 Jun 21 101 Jul 21 82 Aug 21 92 Sep 21 129 Oct 21 234 Nov 20 274 Dec 20 212 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Hollyrood Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisional Hospital Lindula · Lindula 3.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.92963&mlon=80.68382#map=17/6.92963/80.68382) Bank BOC · Thalawakele 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.93865&mlon=80.66117#map=17/6.93865/80.66117) ATM Lak Sathosa;bank · Pundaluoya South 7.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.01408&mlon=80.66685#map=17/7.01408/80.66685) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Thalawakele 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.93707&mlon=80.66140#map=17/6.93707/80.66140) Hotel Upper Kotmale circuit bungalow · Thalawakele 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.94097&mlon=80.66269#map=17/6.94097/80.66269) Mall Queen Elizabeth Plaza · Nuwaraeliya 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.97301&mlon=80.76607#map=17/6.97301/80.76607) School නු / සුමන ද්විතියික පාසල, තලවකැලේ · Devon 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.94196&mlon=80.65620#map=17/6.94196/80.65620) College High Tech Campus · Thalawakele 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.93935&mlon=80.66013#map=17/6.93935/80.66013) Police station Pundaluoya Police Station · Pundaluoya South 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.01505&mlon=80.66973#map=17/7.01505/80.66973) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Hollyrood Places mapped inside Hollyrood in open map data, by type. - Schools1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other GN divisions in Thalawakele DS Division - Agarapathana - Albion - Balmoral - Bearwell - Bogahawatta - Braemore - Coombewood - Dayagama East - Dayagama West - Devon - Dimbula - Drayton - Eildonhall - Elbedda - Glasgow - Great Western - Hallbrook - Henfold - Kotagala - Kuduoya - Lindula - Lippakelle - Mount Vernon - Nagasena - Rahanwatta - Sandrinham - Stonycliff - Thalawakele - Thangakele - Waltrim - Watagoda - Weverly - Yulefield ## Quick answers - Where is Hollyrood?In Thalawakele DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Hollyrood?Bearwell, Devon, Great Western, Thalawakele and Watagoda - How many villages are in Hollyrood?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Hollyrood?January to March and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Hollyrood?Divisional Hospital Lindula , about 3.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Hollyrood?BOC, about 1.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Hollyrood?Lak Sathosa;bank, about 7.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Hollyrood?Ceypetco, about 1.4 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Hollyrood?LK2327020 (OCHA common operational dataset)