Swannay

Swannay is a village in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Swannay is situated nearby to the locality Costa, as well as near Sleet Moss.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swannay Brewery and Kirbuster Farm Museum.

Swannay Brewery

Brewery

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The Swannay Brewery is situated in Orkney, Scotland. It was founded as Highland Brewing Company in late 2004 by Rob Hill, formerly of the Orkney Brewery and Moorhouse's Brewery.

Kirbuster Farm Museum

Museum

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirbuster Farm Museum is situated 2 miles south of Swannay.

Vinquin, broch, 145m SSW of Upper Arsdale

Archaeological site

Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vinquin, broch, 145m SSW of Upper Arsdale is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles east of Swannay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birsay and Twatt.

Birsay

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Birsay is a small village on the north coast of Orkney Mainland. It's the site of the ruined Earl's Palace, and just offshore is the Brough of Birsay with medieval Norse remains.

Twatt

Village

Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt, from 1940–1949. Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967. Twatt is situated 3 miles southwest of Swannay.

Dounby

Village

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. Dounby is situated 5 miles south of Swannay.

Swannay

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.13972° or 59° 8′ 23″ north

Longitude

-3.23782° or 3° 14′ 16″ west

Elevation

217 feet (66 metres)

Open location code

9CFR4QQ6+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9909580339

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

13282519

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