Spinning Cottage, Melsetter, Hoy
Spinning Cottage, Melsetter, Hoy is a historic building in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Spinning Cottage, Melsetter, Hoy is situated nearby to Chapel, Melsetter House, Hoy, as well as near the historic building Cartshed, Walled Garden, Melsetter.- Type: Historic building
- Description: cottage in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hoy, Melsetter, Spinning Cottage” and “Spinning Cottage”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melsetter House, Hoy and Longhope Lifeboat Museum.
Melsetter House, Hoy
Historic building
Photo: Wolfgang Schlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melsetter House, Hoy is a historic building.
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 1¼ miles east of Spinning Cottage, Melsetter, Hoy.
Tor Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tor Ness Lighthouse is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Spinning Cottage, Melsetter, Hoy.
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.
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 2½ miles northeast of Spinning Cottage, Melsetter, Hoy.
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 4 miles northeast of Spinning Cottage, Melsetter, Hoy.
Spinning Cottage, Melsetter, Hoy
- Categories: cottage, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.78558° or 58° 47′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.2642° or 3° 15′ 51″ westOpen location code
9CCRQPPP+68OpenStreetMap ID
way 1348214601OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q17829343
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chapel, Melsetter House, Hoy and Cartshed, Walled Garden, Melsetter.
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