Orkney Research and Innovation Campus

Orkney Research and Innovation Campus is a university building in Orkney Islands, Scotland, which is located on Franklin Road. Orkney Research and Innovation Campus is situated near The Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness, as well as near Stromness Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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. Pier Arts Centre is situated 410 feet southeast of Orkney Research and Innovation Campus.

Stromness Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stromness Town Hall is situated 600 feet south of Orkney Research and Innovation Campus.

The Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness

Hotel

Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.

Stromness

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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

Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bu‘ Point is a locality.

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 Research and Innovation Campus

Type: University building
Address: Franklin Road, Stromness, KW16 3AN
Categories: building and education
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.96388° or 58° 57′ 50″ north

Longitude

-3.2993° or 3° 17′ 58″ west

Open location code

9CCRXP72+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1033009648

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Stromness Lifeboat Station and Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Wisharts Mercantile Marine (Masonic Hall) and Soft Pink Flowers.

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Worth a closer look: Kirkwall and Stromness.

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