Loch of Tankerness, Mainland

Name: Loch of Tankerness
Address: Mainland, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Mainland

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of Kirkwall. ()

Length: 5280 ftWidth: 2640 ftMaximum depth: 7 ftElevation: 10 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 58°58'6"N, 2°50'37"W

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Loch of Tankerness – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Italian Chapel, The Pickaquoy Centre, St Magnus Cathedral, Bishop's Palace.

5.7 miS
Unique Catholic chapel built by POWs
Italian Chapel, Lamb Holm
145 min walk • The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in the Orkney Islands. It was built during World War II by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow.
4.7 miW
Outdoor activities, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
120 min walk • The Pickaquoy Centre is a multi-use leisure centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. The arena has 1,600-seat stands, and can be condensed and used as a sports hall, with room for two five a side football pitches.
4.2 miW
Striking, 12th-century place of worship
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
108 min walk • St Magnus Cathedral dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
4.2 miW
Stately remains of 2 historic castles
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall
108 min walk • The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It housed the cathedral's first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic church who took his authority from the Archbishop of Nidaros.
5.1 miNW
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
130 min walk • Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour, and designed by Edinburgh architect David Bryce.
4.2 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall
107 min walk • The Earl's Palace is a ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney, its construction began in 1607 and was largely undertaken via forced labour.
4.3 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Orkney Wireless Museum, Kirkwall
110 min walk • The Orkney Wireless Museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, houses a collection of domestic and military wireless equipment. It developed from the private collection of the late Jim MacDonald from St Margaret's Hope and marks the importance of wireless communications in Orkney during World War II.
4.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
The Gloup, Mainland
123 min walk • The Gloup is a collapsed sea cave in the Mull Head Nature Reserve in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. The name derives from the Old Norse "gluppa", meaning a chasm. The cave is separated from the sea by a land bridge about 80 metres wide. It is approximately 40 metres long and 25 metres deep.
4.2 miNW
Island
Helliar Holm
108 min walk • Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967. It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay.
4.4 miW
Library
Orkney Library & Archive, Kirkwall
112 min walk • Orkney Library and Archive is a Scottish public library service based in Kirkwall, Orkney. Founded in 1683, Orkney Library is the oldest public library in Scotland. Its rules date from 1815. It has become known for its popular, humorous Twitter account.
5 miW
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Scapa distillery, Kirkwall
129 min walk • 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 second-northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, 1⁄2 mile south of the Highland Park Distillery.