Roy
Roy is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Cornquoy Road. Roy is situated nearby to the beach Sand of Cornquoy, as well as near the locality Rose Ness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rose Ness Lighthouse, Orkney and St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm.
Rose Ness Lighthouse, Orkney
Lighthouse
Photo: Derek Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose Ness Lighthouse, Orkney is situated 2,200 feet south of Roy.
St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm
Church
Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm is situated 1 mile northwest of Roy.
Italian Chapel
Church
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Second World War by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow. Italian Chapel is situated 2 miles west of Roy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rose Ness and Burray Ness.
Burray Ness
Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burray Ness is a locality, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Roy.
Holm
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm, also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers. Holm is situated 2½ miles northwest of Roy.
Roy
- Type: House
- Address: Cornquoy Road, Holm, KW17 2SD
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.87865° or 58° 52′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.83246° or 2° 49′ 57″ westOpen location code
9CCVV5H9+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 639826146OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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