Loch of Torness
Loch of Torness is in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Loch of Torness is situated nearby to Tor Ness Lighthouse, as well as near the locality Brims.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tor Ness Lighthouse and Melsetter House, Hoy.
Tor Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Tor Ness Lighthouse is situated 870 feet west of Loch of Torness.
Melsetter House, Hoy
Historic building
Photo: Wolfgang Schlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melsetter House, Hoy is a historic building, which is situated 1 mile northeast of Loch of Torness.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
Museum
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum is a museum at Brims on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and South Walls between 1933 and 1962. Longhope Lifeboat Museum is situated 2½ miles east of Loch of Torness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brims and Longhope.
Brims
Locality
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999. Brims is situated 2 miles east of Loch of Torness.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. Longhope is situated 3½ miles northeast of Loch of Torness.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. Lyness is situated 5 miles northeast of Loch of Torness.
Loch of Torness
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.77891° or 58° 46′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.29187° or 3° 17′ 31″ westOpen location code
9CCRQPH5+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 118151508OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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