Herston, Orkney

Herston

View along the street where cottages overlook Widewall Bay
Herston
 Herston shown within Orkney
OS grid referenceND420915
Civil parishSouth Ronaldsay and Burray
Council areaOrkney
Lieutenancy areaOrkney
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ORKNEY
Postcode district KW17
Dialling code 01856
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentOrkney and Shetland
Scottish ParliamentOrkney
List of places
UK
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Coordinates: 58°48′29″N 3°00′14″W / 58.808°N 3.004°W / 58.808; -3.004

Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. Herston is historically a fishing village but has no industry to speak of now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.

The video for the Eurythmics song, "Here Comes the Rain Again", was partially filmed in Herston, at the wreck of the WWI-era ship, Monarch.[1]

References

  1. "Monarch". Scapa Flow: Historic Wreck Site. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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