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Brims

Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of , in , Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999.
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  • Type: Locality with 30 residents
  • Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Brims, Orkney”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Longhope Lifeboat Museum and Melsetter House, Hoy.

Museum
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a museum at Brims on the island of in the , Scotland. The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and between 1933 and 1962.

Historic building
Photo: Wolfgang Schlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historic building.

Lighthouse
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2½ miles west of Brims.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longhope and Point of Hackness.

Village
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is a coastal settlement on the island of , in , Scotland. South Walls is linked to by causeway; is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. is situated 2 miles northeast of Brims.

Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a locality, which is situated 3½ miles northeast of Brims.

Village
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is a village on the east coast of the island of , , Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. is situated 4 miles north of Brims.

Brims

Latitude
58.77792° or 58° 46′ 41″ north
Longitude
-3.23175° or 3° 13′ 54″ west
Population
30
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
9CCRQQH9+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1346094437
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
13283678
Wiki­data ID
Q4968141
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In Other Languages

From Basque to French—“Brims” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Brims”
  • Dutch: “Brims”
  • French: “Brims”

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Highlights include The Skeo, broch, Brims, Hoy and Chapel, Melsetter House, Hoy.

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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 “Brims”. Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.