Whome

Whome
Whome telephone box in 2007, looking down to the village.
Whome is located in Orkney Islands
Whome
Whome
Location within Orkney
Population30 
OS grid referenceND352938
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTROMNESS
Postcode districtKW16
Dialling code01856
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
58°50′N 3°06′W / 58.83°N 3.1°W / 58.83; -3.1

Whome is the largest settlement on the Orkney island of Flotta, Scotland.[1] The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta.[2][3][4] Views from Whome look across Pan Hope, to the Flotta oil terminal across the bay.[5][6] The B9046 on the outskirts of Whome adjoins to the B9045, leading down to the Flotta ferry terminal.[7]

  1. ^ "Flotta, Orkney". Holiday Cottages. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ "B9046". Sabre. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Whome in the Orkney Islands". streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Whome Post Code". geographic.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Pan Hope". Scottish Places. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Moorland track near Whome". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Flotta Ferry Terminal, Whome, Flotta". findlatitudeandlongitude.com. Retrieved 31 December 2008.