Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus
Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus is an university in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Franklin Road. Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus is situated nearby to European Marine Energy Centre, as well as near the community center Stromness Community Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stromness Town Hall and European Marine Energy Centre.
Stromness Town Hall
Town hall
Stromness Town Hall is situated 500 feet southeast of Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus.
European Marine Energy Centre
The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd. is the world's leading test and research centre focused on wave and tidal power development, based in the Orkney Islands off the mainland of Scotland.Pier Arts Centre
Art gallery
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 570 feet east of Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus.
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
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.
Heriot-Watt University - Orkney Campus
- Type: University
- Address: The Robert Rendall Building Franklin Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AN
- Category: education
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.96347° or 58° 57′ 49″ north
Longitude
-3.30104° or 3° 18′ 4″ west
Operator
Heriot-Watt University
Open location code
9CCRXM7X+9H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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