Bowling Green
Bowling Green is a pitch in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Bowling Green is situated nearby to Haven inside the Bay - memorial park, as well as near the guest house Stenigar, Ness Road, Stromness.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stromness Museum and Inner Holm.
Stromness Museum
Museum
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 1,500 feet north of Bowling Green.
Inner Holm
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.
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. Cairston is situated 2 miles north of Bowling Green.
Bowling Green
- Type: Pitch
- Categories: recreation area, bowls, and sports location
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.95369° or 58° 57′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.29978° or 3° 17′ 59″ westOpen location code
9CCRXP32+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 908709222OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=pitchOpenStreetMap feature
sport=bowls
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Highlights include Haven inside the Bay - memorial park and Stenigar, Ness Road, Stromness.
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