Orkney Wireless Museum
Set in Kirkwall is Orkney Wireless Museum. The surrounding 5 km hold 8 more places to visit. A drive of 300 m reaches St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.
Museum in Kirkwall
Inside Kirkwall
Orkney Wireless Museum is inside Kirkwall’s locality, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in Kirkwall
For warmth in Kirkwall, choose July and August (17°C).
Orkney Wireless Museum
It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Kirkwall
- Official site
- gb2owm.org.uk
Opening times and entry
Getting to Orkney Wireless Museum
The orange dot is Orkney Wireless Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kirkwall’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Bases for a visit
These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Kirkwall
Worth adding to a visit
The 10 places within 15 km include 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 attractions.
CathedralSt Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall300 m away2
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEarl's Palace400 m away3
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBishop's Palace400 m away4
MuseumOrkney Museum300 m away5
Historic houseBalfour Castle5.8 km away6AttractionAttractionHighland Park Distillery1.7 km away7AttractionAttractionScapa Distillery2.8 km away8MuseumMuseumShapinsay Heritage Centre6.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Orkney Wireless Museum
Where is Orkney Wireless Museum?
Orkney Wireless Museum is in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, inside the town’s locality.
What is Orkney Wireless Museum?
Museum in Orkney, Scotland.
When is the best time to visit Orkney Wireless Museum?
July and August are the warmest months in Kirkwall, with afternoon highs of 17–17°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Orkney Wireless Museum?
Within 15 km: St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall (300 m), Earl's Palace (400 m), Bishop's Palace (400 m) and Orkney Museum (300 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Orkney Wireless Museum: G J Coyne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl's Palace: Van de Beek at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bishop's Palace: Van de Beek at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orkney Museum: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Balfour Castle: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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