Rackwick
Located in Orkney Islands, Scotland Coordinates: 58°52′23″ N 3°23′08″ W
- Elevation
- 16 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
About Rackwick
Rackwick is a village. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. Elevation: 16 m.
Rackwick is a small coastal crofting township in the north west of the island of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland. As well as a handful of tourist amenities the township is largely made up of crofts and other small dwellings, however most now form second homes with Rackwick having very few full time residents. In 2016 there were only three dwellings occupied year round. The Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown's poem Rackwick describes the township as "the hidden valley of light" and "Orkney's last enchantment".
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In comparison
- Nearest larger town: Stromness, 11 km NE
- 44 sights and natural places within 10 km Rack Wick, South Burn
Airports nearest to Rackwick
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 29 km
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 49 km
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 50 km
Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Rack Wick Natural site, Orkney Islands0.7 km S
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South Burn River, Orkney Islands0.7 km S
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Too of the Head Natural site, Orkney Islands1.1 km SW -
Moor Fea Mountain, Orkney Islands1.4 km NW
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Hoy Island, Orkney Islands5.6 km SE -
Santoo Head Natural site, Orkney Islands2.8 km SE
Sources & licences
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