IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Esplanade Quay, STORNOWAY, HS1 2XS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Esplanade Quay, HS1 2XS 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
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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 (263 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Net Storage
Nets and fishing gear are stored in bins, keeping the quay tidy. The eighteenth century buildings house harbourside offices.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 5 Jun 2009
0.02 miles
2
The Lewis Hotel
The Lewis Hotel sits on the corner of North Beach and Castle Street. It's a favourite haunt for Celtic supporters.
Image: © Stephen Branley
Taken: 17 Aug 2008
0.03 miles
3
The Library
Situated on Cromwell Street, the library now has broadband internet connections, something only recently available to some of the rural areas on Lewis (which is most of it actually.)
Image: © John Tustin
Taken: 5 Sep 2009
0.04 miles
4
Essential maintenance
The time old process of ensuring that the fish you catch stay in the net, the hydraulic hoist takes a lot of the effort out of moving the bulk of the net.
Image: © John Haynes
Taken: 22 Jul 2013
0.04 miles
5
Amity House Stornoway
Amity House is the Headquarters of Stornoway Port Authority.
It is a grade B listed building and takes its name from the Barge Amity which was moored nearby to form a quay in the 19th Century.
Image: © JJM
Taken: 18 Dec 2006
0.04 miles
6
View over Stornoway Harbour
Seen from the terrace of Lews Castle.
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 1 Sep 2018
0.04 miles
7
Bilingual Stornoway
English and Gaelic language Castle Street signs in central Stornoway.
http://www.stornowayhistoricalsociety.org.uk/
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 24 Jul 2011
0.04 miles
8
Sraid a' Bhanca
Bank Street, Stornoway - bilingual street sign in the Western Isles, a bastion of Gaelic speaking.
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 24 Jul 2011
0.04 miles
10
Commercial traffic awaits a suitable ferry
Interesting group of semi-trailers, two freezer boxes, an empty retailers trailer and a flat bed with two damaged vehicles, two stillages of empty oxygen cylinders and a broken mast from a yacht. Such is island life.
Image: © John Haynes
Taken: 22 Jul 2013
0.05 miles