Saint Margaret’s Hope
St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 550 residents
- Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hope”, “Saint Margarets Hope”, “St Margaret’s Hope”, and “St. Margaret’s Hope”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley and St Peter’s Church.
Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley
Archaeological site
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Saint Margaret’s Hope.
St Peter’s Church
Church
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter’s Church is situated 2 miles southeast of Saint Margaret’s Hope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoxa and Herston.
Hoxa
Village
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1+1⁄4 miles west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road. Hoxa is situated 2 miles west of Saint Margaret’s Hope.
Herston
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive. Herston is situated 2 miles southwest of Saint Margaret’s Hope.
Ayre of Cara
Locality
Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayre of Cara is a locality, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Saint Margaret’s Hope.
Saint Margaret’s Hope
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.8258° or 58° 49′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.95847° or 2° 57′ 31″ westPopulation
550Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SGPOpen location code
9CCVR2GR+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 87935362OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Saint Margaret’s Hope” goes by many names.
- Basque: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- Danish: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- Dutch: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- French: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- German: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- German: “St Margret’s Hope”
- German: “St. Margaret’s Hope”
- German: “The Hope”
- Hungarian: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- Hungarian: “St. Margaret’s Hope”
- Irish: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- Italian: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- Japanese: “セントマーガレット湾”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Margaret’s Hope”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Margarets Hope”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Margaret’s Hope”
- Norwegian: “St. Margaret’s Hope”
- Persian: “سنت مارگارتز هوپ”
- Scots: “Saunt Marget’s”
- Scots: “The Hop”
- Swedish: “Saint Margaret’s Hope”
- Swedish: “Saint Margaretas Hope”
- Swedish: “St Margaret’s Hope”
- Swedish: “St. Margaret’s Hope”
- Swedish: “The Hope”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Onich and Wastewater Plant.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hope Community Play Park and Marengo Community Garden.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saint Margaret’s Hope”. Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.