Ferry House
Ferry House is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Ferry House is situated nearby to the village Longhope, as well as near the church Saint Columba.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Longhope Lifeboat Museum and Hackness Martello Tower and Battery.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
Museum
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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 1½ miles southwest of Ferry House.
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is situated 2 miles east of Ferry House.
Crockness Martello tower
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Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness. Crockness Martello tower is situated 2 miles northeast of Ferry House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longhope and Point of Hackness.
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.
Point of Hackness
Locality
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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 2 miles east of Ferry House.
Brims
Locality
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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 southwest of Ferry House.
Ferry House
- Type: House
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.7994° or 58° 47′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.20124° or 3° 12′ 5″ westOpen location code
9CCRQQXX+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1473999465OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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