WISCO
WISCO is an electrical substation in Western Isles, Scotland. WISCO is situated nearby to the village Marybank, as well as near the peak Cnoc nan Uan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lews Castle and Lewis War Memorial.
Lews Castle
Castle
Photo: David Maclennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lews Castle is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It was built in the years 1844–51 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese opium trade.
Lewis War Memorial
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lewis War Memorial is a war memorial dedicated to the men from the Lewis area who lost their lives in World War I and those who survived the war only to drown while returning home during the 1919 sinking of HMY Iolaire. Lewis War Memorial is situated 1,900 feet northeast of WISCO.
Western Isles Hospital
Hospital
Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Western Isles Hospital is a rural general hospital in Stornoway on Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. Western Isles Hospital is situated 1 mile east of WISCO.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marybank and Newvalley.
Marybank
Village
Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marybank is a settlement on the outskirts of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is also within the parish of Stornoway. Marybank is situated at the junction of the A858 and A859. Lews Castle and Stornoway Golf Club are to the east of Marybank.
Newvalley
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newvalley is a hamlet on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Newvalley is within the parish of Stornoway. The remains of the Priest's Glen stone circle are located the north of the settlement.
Lewis
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lewis and Harris are a single large island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. It's the third largest island in the British Archipelago, only Great Britain and Ireland being larger.
WISCO
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.2185° or 58° 13′ 7″ northLongitude
-6.40801° or 6° 24′ 29″ westOpen location code
9CCM6H9R+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3992031683
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