Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness
Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness is a memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness is situated nearby to the building Stromness Lifeboat Station, as well as near The Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness.Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: fountain in Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Alexander Graham Fountain”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pier Arts Centre and Stromness Town Hall.
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.
Stromness Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stromness Town Hall is situated 530 feet southwest of Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness.
Stromness Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stromness Lifeboat Station is located in the harbour town of Stromness, the second largest town of Mainland, Orkney, in the Isles of Orkney, Scotland. A lifeboat was first stationed at Stromness by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1867.
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.
Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness
- Categories: fountain and historic site
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.96326° or 58° 57′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.29779° or 3° 17′ 52″ westOpen location code
9CCRXP72+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 9537665022OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q77772140
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness and Stromness Library.
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