Stromness Community Garden

Stromness Community Garden is a recreation area in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Stromness Community Garden is situated nearby to the peak Sandy Hill, as well as near European Marine Energy Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stromness Town Hall and Stromness Museum.

Stromness Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stromness Town Hall is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Stromness Community Garden.

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 2,600 feet southeast of Stromness Community Garden.

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 1,900 feet east of Stromness Community Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.

Stromness

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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.

Bu‘ Point

Locality

Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles east of Stromness Community Garden.

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 Community Garden.

Stromness Community Garden

Type: Common land
Category: recreation area
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.96408° or 58° 57′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.30818° or 3° 18′ 29″ west

Open location code

9CCRXM7R+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1393282138

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=common

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