Point of Ness Campsite

Point of Ness Campsite is a campsite in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Ness. Point of Ness Campsite is situated nearby to the shipyard Seatricity Ltd, as well as near the ruins Volunteers’ battery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stromness Museum and Outer Holm.

Stromness Museum

Museum

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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 2,300 feet northwest of Point of Ness Campsite.

Outer Holm

Islet

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Outer Holm is an islet.

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

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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.

Bu‘ Point

Locality

Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bu‘ Point is a locality.

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 Point of Ness Campsite.

Point of Ness Campsite

Type: Campsite
Address: Ness, Stromness, KW16 3DW
Categories: tourism and camping
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.95247° or 58° 57′ 9″ north

Longitude

-3.2952° or 3° 17′ 43″ west

Operator

Orkney Islands Council

Open location code

9CCRXP23+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 975103884

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=camp_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Seatricity Ltd and Volunteers’ battery.

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