Herring Girls
Herring Girls is a memorial in Western Isles, Scotland. Herring Girls is situated nearby to Stornoway Bus Station, as well as near the theater building An Lanntair - Auditorium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include An Lanntair and Stornoway Town Hall.
An Lanntair
Arts center
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
An Lanntair is an arts centre in the town of Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The centre is home to a cinema, and art gallery. Previously located in the Town Hall, An Lanntair moved to its current new building overlooking the harbour in September 2005.
Stornoway Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stornoway Town Hall is a former municipal building on South Beach in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Stornoway Town Council, is a Category B listed building.
Stornoway Library
Library
Photo: Lobster1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stornoway Library is situated 410 feet north of Herring Girls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stornoway and Lewis.
Stornoway
Photo: JamesMorrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stornoway is the main town on Lewis and the admin centre for all of Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Indeed it's the only town in these islands; it has the best amenities and transport links, and it's the obvious base for exploring both Lewis and Harris.
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.
Plasterfield
Village
Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plasterfield is a hamlet in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Plasterfield is within the parish of Stornoway. Plasterfield is a suburb of Stornoway and consists of two groups of houses, built after World War II.
Herring Girls
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Stoneaway Herring girl in recognition of all the herring girls who laboured here during the late 19th and early 20th century”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.20758° or 58° 12′ 27″ northLongitude
-6.38737° or 6° 23′ 15″ westOpen location code
9CCM6J57+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 5310640468OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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