Herston
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Herston, Orkney”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoxa Head Lighthouse and Sandwick House, South Ronaldsay.
Sandwick House, South Ronaldsay
House
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandwick House, South Ronaldsay is situated 2 miles southeast of Herston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoxa Head and Hoxa.
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.
Sandwick
Locality
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay". Sandwick is situated 2 miles southeast of Herston.
Herston
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.81025° or 58° 48′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.00519° or 3° 0′ 19″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9CCRRX6V+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 615936607OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Herston” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Herston”
- Dutch: “Herston”
- French: “Herston”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Herston Taing and Niggle Point.
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Highlights include Ayre of Banks and Ruins of Radar and anti-aircraft battery.
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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 “Herston”. Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.