South Pier
South Pier is a pier in Orkney Islands, Scotland. South Pier is situated nearby to Robert Gordon University Orkney Project, as well as near the art gallery Pier Arts Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pier Arts Centre and Stromness Town Hall.
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.
Stromness Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stromness Town Hall is situated 550 feet west of South Pier.
Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness
Memorial
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
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.
South Pier
- Type: Pier
- Also known as: “New Pier”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.96251° or 58° 57′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.29691° or 3° 17′ 49″ westOpen location code
9CCRXP73+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 584719280OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pier
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