Orkney Islands Council
Orkney Islands Council is a transfer station in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Garson Way. Orkney Islands Council is situated nearby to the community center The Old Herring Factory, as well as near Orkney Men’s Shed.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inner Holm and Stromness Museum.
Inner Holm
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history. Stromness Museum is situated 1 mile southwest of Orkney Islands Council.
Pier Arts Centre
Art gallery
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pier Arts Centre is an art gallery and museum in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1979 to provide a home for an important collection of fine art donated to "be held in trust for Orkney" by the author, peace activist and philanthropist Margaret Gardiner. Pier Arts Centre is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Orkney Islands Council.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Within the village is located the Castle of Cairston which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga.
Orkney Islands Council
- Type: Transfer station
- Address: Garson Way, Stromness, KW16 3EF
- Category: industry
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.9677° or 58° 58′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.28257° or 3° 16′ 57″ westOpen location code
9CCRXP98+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 9448254414OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=waste_transfer_station
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