Stromness Primary School

Stromness Primary School is a school in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Stromness Primary School is situated nearby to the park Market Green, as well as near Stromness Gasworks [c.1894-1969].

Email: admin.sps@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk
Type: School
Postal code: KW16 3JS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pier Arts Centre and Inner Holm.

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 2,400 feet southwest of Stromness Primary School.

Inner Holm

Islet

Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.

Stromness Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stromness Town Hall is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Stromness Primary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stromness and Cairston.

Stromness

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

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.