Aalsker
Aalsker is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Aalsker is situated nearby to the community center Beltane House, as well as near Papa Westray Community Fire Station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Papa Westray and Papa Westray Airport.
Papa Westray
Photo: Kristel Jeuring, CC BY 2.0.
Papa Westray is one of the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland - nearly the northernmost, but North Ronaldsay edges it by half a mile. Papa Westray measures 4 miles north-south and a mile across, and is more low-lying and fertile than nearby Westray.
Papa Westray Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Me677, Public domain.
Papa Westray Airport is located 22 NM north of Kirkwall Airport on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The facility is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg of Loganair's inter-island service, to Westray Airport.
Knap of Howar
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Knap of Howar on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland, is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. Knap of Howar is situated 2,800 feet west of Aalsker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pierowall.
Pierowall
Village
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pierowall is a village of Westray in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern Scottish mainland. The village is the island's largest settlement and lies near its northern end, around Pierowall Bay. Pierowall is situated 4 miles southwest of Aalsker.
Aalsker
- Type: Farm
- Categories: locality and agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.34709° or 59° 20′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.89634° or 2° 53′ 47″ westOpen location code
9CFV84W3+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1082529150OpenStreetMap feature
place=farm
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beltane House and Papa Westray Community Fire Station.
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