Wyng
Wyng is a hamlet in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Wyng is situated nearby to the village Longhope, as well as near the locality Point of Hackness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet on South Walls, Walls and Flotta, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- Also known as: “Wing”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hackness Martello Tower and Battery and Crockness Martello tower.
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland.
Crockness Martello tower
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness.
Flotta Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flotta Isle Airport is a small airport located on the Orkney isle of Flotta. The asphalt runway orientation is at 16/34, with an elevation of 70 feet, and is 2,490 feet in length. Flotta Airport is situated 2 miles northeast of Wyng.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longhope and Point of Hackness.
Longhope
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. Lyness is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wyng.
Wyng
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.80174° or 58° 48′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.17847° or 3° 10′ 43″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9CCRRR2C+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1329484954OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13274237Wikidata ID
Q111578544
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