Stromness Town Hall
Stromness Town Hall is a town hall in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Church Road. Stromness Town Hall is situated nearby to the church Saint Mary-the-Virgin, as well as near the art gallery Gallery + Studio.Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town hall
- Description: municipal building in Scotland
- Also known as: “North Church”
- Address: Church Road, KW16 3BA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pier Arts Centre and Stromness Museum.
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 390 feet northeast of Stromness Town Hall.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history. Stromness Museum is situated 1,600 feet south of Stromness Town Hall.
The Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness
Hotel
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness is situated 480 feet northeast of Stromness Town Hall.
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. Cairston is situated 1½ miles northeast of Stromness Town Hall.
Stromness Town Hall
- Categories: city hall, building, public building, and government building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.96225° or 58° 57′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.29981° or 3° 17′ 59″ westOpen location code
9CCRXP62+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 118920882OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=townhallOpenStreetMap feature
building=publicWikidata ID
Q114275160
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