North Wick

North Wick is a bay in Orkney Islands, Scotland. North Wick is situated nearby to the locality Bow Head, as well as near the hamlet Aikerness.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa Westray and Papa Westray Airport.

Papa Westray

Photo: Kristel Jeuring, CC BY 2.0.

Papa Westray is one of the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland - nearly the northernmost, but North Ronaldsay edges it by half a mile. Papa Westray measures 4 miles north-south and a mile across, and is more low-lying and fertile than nearby Westray.

Papa Westray Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Me677, Public domain.

Papa Westray Airport is located on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 24 NM north of Kirkwall. The facility is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg of Loganair's inter-island service, to Westray Airport.

St Boniface’s Church

Church

Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Boniface's Church, Papa Westray is a historic church and graveyard located on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland. The site of the church dates back to the Iron Age and was possibly used later as a Christian monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pierowall.

Pierowall

Village

Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pierowall is a village of Westray in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern Scottish mainland. The village is the island's largest settlement and lies near its northern end, around Pierowall Bay. Pierowall is situated 5 miles southwest of North Wick.

North Wick

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.36667° or 59° 22′ north

Longitude

-2.88333° or 2° 53′ west

Elevation

39 feet (12 metres)

Open location code

9CFV9488+MM

GeoNames ID

2641223

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