Papa Westray Community Fire Station
Papa Westray Community Fire Station is a fire station in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Papa Westray Community Fire Station is situated nearby to the community center Beltane House, as well as near the archaeological site Knap of Howar.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Papa Westray and Knap of Howar.
Papa Westray
Photo: Kristel Jeuring, CC BY 2.0.
Papa Westray is one of the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland - nearly the northernmost, but North Ronaldsay edges it by half a mile. Papa Westray measures 4 miles north-south and a mile across, and is more low-lying and fertile than nearby Westray.
Knap of Howar
Archaeological site
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The Knap of Howar on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland, is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. Knap of Howar is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Papa Westray Community Fire Station.
Papa Westray Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Me677, Public domain.
Papa Westray Airport is located 22 NM north of Kirkwall Airport on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The facility is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg of Loganair's inter-island service, to Westray Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pierowall.
Pierowall
Village
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pierowall is a village of Westray in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern Scottish mainland. The village is the island's largest settlement and lies near its northern end, around Pierowall Bay. Pierowall is situated 3½ miles southwest of Papa Westray Community Fire Station.
Papa Westray Community Fire Station
- Type: Fire station
- Address: Orkney, KW17 2BU
- Category: building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.34384° or 59° 20′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.90131° or 2° 54′ 5″ westOperator
Scottish Fire and Rescue ServiceOpen location code
9CFV83VX+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 199714069OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fire_stationOpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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Highlights include Beltane House and Loch of St Tredwell.
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