IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Rousay, ORKNEY, KW17 2PS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to KW17 2PS 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.
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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 (9 Images Found)
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Rousay: postbox № KW17 53 and noticeboard, Wasbister
This postbox serves the northern part of the island and faces the short track leading up to Image
The box is of a modern design, constructed of pressed steel and designed to be more robust, rustproof and theft-proof than the traditional cast iron box that it will have replaced in the last couple of years.
This particular style of box is becoming quite commonplace in these remote, exposed parts.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 11 Aug 2015
0.06 miles
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Farm buildings at Too
Old stone buildings on the NW side of Rousay.
Image: © Gordon Hatton
Taken: 19 Jun 2021
0.07 miles
6
Rousay: the post office
The post office is within Tou Cottage*, Wasbister, about as far as you can get from the main village, Brinian, which is based around the ferry pier. This is because the current postmistress took over the role in 1991 and she lives here: the branch moved to the house of whoever wanted to take on the office.
Incidentally, there used to be two post offices on Rousay; one of them called simply 'Rousay' down at Brinain, and another named 'Wasbister' hereabouts. The Wasbister office closed on 25 June 1969, though.
* Tou Cottage is the address according to Royal Mail, although the map marks the name Too.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 11 Aug 2015
0.08 miles
7
Rousay post office
A fair way from where most of the island population lives and also a bit of a trek from the ferry for the Royal Mail van.
Image: © Gordon Hatton
Taken: 19 Jun 2021
0.08 miles
8
Rousay: looking down to the Loch of Wasbister
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 22 Jun 1995
0.14 miles
9
Grassland in Wasbister, Rousay
View over grassland in the parish of Wasbister on the island of Rousay, looking towards Kierfea Hill and Faraclett Head. Loch of Wasbister is on the left.
Image: © Pauline W
Taken: 21 Jun 2009
0.25 miles