Papa Stour Telephone Exchange
Papa Stour Telephone Exchange is a building in Shetland Islands, Scotland which is located on Papa Stour. Papa Stour Telephone Exchange is situated nearby to the museum Norse Stofa, as well as near the hamlet Biggings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Papa Stour Island and Papa Stour Airport.
Papa Stour Island
Island
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Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s.
Papa Stour Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Stour Airstrip is a small airstrip in the village of Biggings on the island of Papa Stour. Shetland, Scotland.
Forewick Holm
Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forewick Holm is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between Papa Stour and the Mainland of Shetland. It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biggings and Huxter.
Biggings
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century.
Huxter
Hamlet
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles south of Papa Stour Telephone Exchange.
Sandness
Hamlet
Photo: Cwcoutts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandness is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour some 1600 metres northwest across Papa Sound. Sandness is situated 2½ miles southeast of Papa Stour Telephone Exchange.
Papa Stour Telephone Exchange
- Type: Building
- Address: Papa Stour, Shetland, ZE2 9PW
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.32918° or 60° 19′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.68013° or 1° 40′ 49″ westOperator
OpenreachOpen location code
9CGW88H9+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1127345957OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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