Glenorkney

Glenorkney is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Glenorkney is situated nearby to the peak Gaitnip Hill, as well as near the aerodrome Kirkwall Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kirkwall Airport and St Magnus Cathedral.

Kirkwall Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkwall Airport is the main airport serving Orkney in Scotland. It is located 3 miles southeast of Kirkwall and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport is used by Loganair. Kirkwall Airport is situated 2 miles east of Glenorkney.

St Magnus Cathedral

Church

Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Magnus Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. St Magnus Cathedral is situated 2 miles north of Glenorkney.

Fresson memorial, Wideford

Memorial

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fresson memorial, Wideford is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Glenorkney.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include HMS Royal Oak and Kirkwall.

HMS Royal Oak

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. HMS Royal Oak is situated 2 miles southwest of Glenorkney.

Kirkwall

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirkwall is the chief town of the Orkney Islands, which lie off the north tip of mainland Scotland. With a population of about 10,000 in 2020, Kirkwall has accommodation and other amenities and is the obvious base for exploring these islands.

St Ola

Locality

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St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall. St Ola is situated 2 miles northwest of Glenorkney.

Glenorkney

Type: House
Address: St Ola, KW15 1SX
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.95177° or 58° 57′ 6″ north

Longitude

-2.95081° or 2° 57′ 3″ west

Open location code

9CCVX22X+PM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 899579512

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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