North Light Gallery

Places of Interest Nearby

Stromness Town Hall

Town hall

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Stromness Town Hall is situated 440 feet north of North Light Gallery.

Stromness Museum

Museum

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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 1,200 feet south of North Light Gallery.

Pier Arts Centre

Art gallery

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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 760 feet northeast of North Light Gallery.

Places in the Area

Stromness

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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.

Bu‘ Point

Locality

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Bu‘ Point is a locality.

Cairston

Locality

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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. Cairston is situated 1½ miles northeast of North Light Gallery.

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