IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Lewis Street, STORNOWAY, HS1 2JF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Lewis Street, HS1 2JF by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
- Clicking on the map will re-center to the selected point.
- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (198 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Sheriff Court
The Sheriff Court in Lewis Street, Stornoway.
Image: © Stephen Branley
Taken: 28 Apr 2008
0.00 miles
2
38 and 40 Francis Street
Mid to late 19th century houses, 38 and 40 Francis Street. Historic Scotland Category C(S) listed 1993.
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner
Taken: 15 Jun 2012
0.04 miles
3
Western Isles Museum - Museum Nan Eilean
Western Isles Museum on Francis Street in Stornoway. The museum was established in 1983 and it moved into this former school building (Nicolson Institute) in 1995.
The poster (in Gaelic) advertises the 2011 Lewis Chessmen Exhibition - an excellent show.
www.cne-siar.gov.uk
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 30 Jul 2011
0.04 miles
4
The Lewis Chessmen
Bright poster depicting some of the famous ivory chessmen. Several of the original pieces are on display within the Western Isles Museum in Stornoway, 2011. The chessmen are normally on display in the British Museum and the National Museum of Scotland but they were originally found in sand dunes at Uig Beach on Lewis.
www.cne-siar.gov.uk
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 30 Jul 2011
0.05 miles
5
Museum nan Eilean, Francis Street
Having now closed the museum is moving to the restored Lews Castle and due to open in April 2016. The category B listed building is an 1896 surviving part of former Free Church seminary school, latterly the Nicolson Institutes's Secondary School. It was converted to a museum in 1995, the school having survived here until the 1990s.
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner
Taken: 15 Jun 2012
0.05 miles
6
Postbox at Stornoway
HS1 4. Royal Mail list this box as 'Church Street'.
Image: © David Bremner
Taken: 20 Apr 2024
0.07 miles
7
Matheson Road
Named after Sir James Matheson, who bought the Island for £190,000 in 1844 which brought prosperity along with controversy.
Image: © Stephen Branley
Taken: 6 Jul 2008
0.08 miles
8
Stornoway Museum
Sat next to the Free Church, the museum used to be the secondary department of the Nicolson Institute. The museum was established in 1983 and covers a wide spectrum of Island life.
Image: © John Tustin
Taken: 5 Sep 2009
0.08 miles
9
Stornoway townscape
Stornoway offers a sheltered harbour, and a site with flat land for easy access and urban development.
Image: © Robert W Watt
Taken: 7 Apr 2007
0.08 miles
10
Lewis Street
Lewis Street has become the 'victim' of the new one way system introduced last Monday (18th) as you can see by the partially erased road markings. In many people's view it's an unnecessary system and one that will make life more difficult for motorists.
Image: © Stephen Branley
Taken: 19 May 2009
0.09 miles