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Italian Chapel

Located in Orkney Islands, Scotland Coordinates: 58°53′23″ N 2°53′24″ W

Italian Chapel
Gregory J Kingsley · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nearest town
St Mary's
1.8 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Elevation
10 m
above sea level
When to go
July–August
See the climate
Airports
KOI Kirkwall Airport8 km
EOI Eday Airport34 km

About Italian Chapel

Italian Chapel is a tourist attraction. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From Wikipedia

The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Second World War 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. Only the concrete foundations of the other buildings of the prisoner-of-war camp survive. The chapel was not completed until after the end of the war, and was restored in the 1960s and again in the 1990s.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1945
Heritage designation
category A listed building

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Italian Chapel

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 126 mm

Hottest month
August (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night 2°)
Wettest month
November (126 mm)
Driest month
May (54 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Italian Chapel
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°6°7°9°11°13°15°15°14°11°9°7°
Average low (°C)2°2°2°3°6°8°10°10°8°7°4°3°
Precipitation (mm)11085996554556173101116126116

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Italian Chapel

The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 8 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 200 km to the south.

Airports

  • Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 8 kmnorth
  • Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 34 kmnorth
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 49 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 200 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 270 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 328 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 347 kmsouth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Italian Chapel

Within 100 km: 36 historic and cultural sites, 650 natural sites, 262 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km263 places

  • Hoy Island 24 kmW
  • Shapinsay Island 18 kmN
  • Flotta Island 15 kmSW
  • Auskerry Island 24 kmNE

25–60 km352 places

  • Rousay Island 32 kmN
  • Eday Island 33 kmN
  • Papa Westray Island Island 51 kmN
  • Wyre Island 26 kmN

60–100 km333 places

  • Eilean nan Ron Island 92 kmSW
  • Rabbit Islands Island 95 kmSW
  • North Ronaldsay Island 60 kmNE
  • Neave Island Island 90 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

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