Stromness Library

Stromness Library is a library in , which is located on Victoria Street. Stromness Library is situated nearby to , as well as near the police station .
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: public library in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Address: 2-12 Victoria Street, Stromness, KW16 3AA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pier Arts Centre and Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness.

Art gallery
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an art gallery and museum in , 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. is situated 360 feet southwest of Stromness Library.

Memorial
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is a memorial.

Town hall
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is situated 720 feet southwest of Stromness Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.

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is a port on the Mainland of the , 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.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a village on , in , Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of . Within the village is located the Castle of which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga.

Stromness Library

Latitude
58.96378° or 58° 57′ 50″ north
Longitude
-3.29742° or 3° 17′ 51″ west
Open location code
9CCRXP73+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 205113876
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­government
Wiki­data ID
Q62666452
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Police Services and Library Services.

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