Highview
Highview is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Highview is situated nearby to the archaeological site Cist, as well as near the peak Hobbister Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hobbister House and Scapa distillery.
Hobbister House
House
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hobbister House is situated 1¼ miles west of Highview.
Scapa distillery
Distillery
Photo: Lakeworther, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scapa distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland on the shore of Scapa Flow near the town of Kirkwall. Scapa is the third-northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, 1⁄2 mile south of the Highland Park Distillery. Scapa distillery is situated 2 miles northeast of Highview.
Kirbister Mill
Watermill
Photo: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirbister Mill is a watermill, which is situated 2 miles west of Highview.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include HMS Royal Oak and St Ola.
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 2½ miles southeast of Highview.
St Ola
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3 miles northeast of Highview.
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.
Highview
- Type: House
- Address: Orphir, KW15 1SG
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.94919° or 58° 56′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.03684° or 3° 2′ 13″ westOpen location code
9CCRWXX7+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 923082847OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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