Brinkies Guest House

Brinkies Guest House is a guest house in Orkney Islands, Scotland, which is located on Brownstown Road. Brinkies Guest House is situated near Stromness Community Garden, as well as near the peak Brinkies Brae.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Stromness Town Hall and Pier Arts Centre.

Stromness Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stromness Town Hall is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Brinkies Guest House.

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 2,000 feet southeast of Brinkies Guest House.

Stromness Museum

Museum

Photo: Unukorno, CC BY 4.0.

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 3,100 feet south of Brinkies Guest House.

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. Cairston is situated 1½ miles northeast of Brinkies Guest House.

Bu‘ Point

Locality

Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles east of Brinkies Guest House.

Brinkies Guest House

Type: Guest house
Address: Brownstown Road, Stromness, KW16 3JN
Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.96574° or 58° 57′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.30748° or 3° 18′ 27″ west

Operator

Yvonne Harrold

Open location code

9CCRXM8V+72

OpenStreetMap ID

way 337443981

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=guest_house

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Stromness Community Garden and Brinkies Brae.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Muirdale and Stromness Telephone Exchange.

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