Piers · Scottish Islands
Whitehall
Whitehall in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Best time of year
- Summer
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Whitehall is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It is a small village with about 50 houses. It also has a shop, a café and heritage centre, known as the Fish Mart; the Stronsay Hotel, with attached pub; a post office, a fisherman's pier and a ferry pier.
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Background
History
Whitehall is a former boom town, whose historical growth and decline has been linked to that of the herring industry, which was initially developed by the Dutch. It takes its name from a house built in the 1670s by Patrick Fea, a retired privateer, whose descendant John Fea pioneered the kelp burning industry on the island in 1722. The fall of the herring industry came with overfishing, and the outbreak of World War II. There was also a similar decline during World War I, but a brief rebirth in the interbellum. Until then it had been the biggest herring port in the northern Orkney Islands, trading mainly with the Baltic ports. At its height, 300 boats were moored in Whitehall harbour, along…
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- Coordinates
- 59.1400, -2.6020
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW17 2AR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q7995958 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Whitehall, Orkney (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Other places nearby
Site of St Peter's Chapel
Historic houses · 0.8 km
Stronsay Lifeboat Station
Islands · 1.2 km
Mill Bay
Natural landmarks · 1.3 km
Site of St Bride's Chapel
Archaeological sites · 1.3 km
Papa Stronsay House
Historic houses · 1.3 km
Bay of Franks
Natural landmarks · 1.4 km
Old windmill
Windmills · 1.5 km
Earl's Knoll Long Cairn
Burial mounds & barrows · 1.5 km
Papa Stronsay
Islands · 1.5 km
Golgotha Monastery
Abbeys & priories · 1.7 km
Mill Bay
Mountains & hills · 1.7 km
Saint Catherines Bay
Natural landmarks · 1.9 km
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Whitehall?
- Whitehall is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW17 2AR).
- What is Whitehall?
- Whitehall in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Whitehall?
- Drivers can use postcode KW17 2AR.
- Is Whitehall free to visit?
- Yes, Whitehall is free to enter.
- How do I get to Whitehall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW17 2AR. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.