Balfour Hospital
Balfour Hospital is a rural general hospital in Kirkwall, Orkney. It is managed by NHS Orkney.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hospital building
- Description: hospital in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
- Also known as: “The Balfour”
- Address: Foreland Rd, Kirkwall, KW15 1NZ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Magnus Cathedral and Earl’s Palace.
St Magnus Cathedral
Church
Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Magnus Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. St Magnus Cathedral is situated 3,000 feet north of Balfour Hospital.
Earl’s Palace
Photo: Oehoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Earl's Palace is a ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney, its construction began in 1607 and was largely undertaken via forced labour. Earl’s Palace is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Balfour Hospital.
Bishop’s Palace
Photo: Oehoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Bishop’s Palace is situated 2,800 feet north of Balfour Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkwall and St Ola.
Kirkwall
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkwall is the chief town of the Orkney Islands, which lie off the north tip of mainland Scotland. With a population of about 10,000 in 2020, Kirkwall has accommodation and other amenities and is the obvious base for exploring these islands.
St Ola
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall.
Head of Holland
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Head of Holland is a locality, which is situated 3 miles northeast of Balfour Hospital.
Balfour Hospital
- Categories: hospital, building, and health care
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.97386° or 58° 58′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.96524° or 2° 57′ 55″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Levels
2Open location code
9CCVX2FM+GWOpenStreetMap ID
way 846595076OpenStreetMap feature
building=hospitalGeoNames ID
6289602Wikidata ID
Q4850756
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Balfour Hospital” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Balfour Hospital”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مستشفى بلفور”
- French: “Balfour Hospital”
- German: “Balfour Hospital”
- Italian: “Balfour Hospital”
- Persian: “بیمارستان بالفور”
- Spanish: “Balfour Hospital”
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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 “Balfour Hospital”. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.