Where is Loch of Swannay?

Loch of Swannay is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.1344°, -3.2049°.

Is Loch of Swannay free to visit?

Yes — admission to Loch of Swannay is free.

Reservoirs & lochs · Scottish Islands

Loch of Swannay

Free admission

Loch of Swannay in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

Loch of Swannay, reservoirs & lochs in Scottish Islands — Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Loch of Swannay is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Loch of Swannay is the most northerly loch on the mainland of Orkney and lies within the parish of Birsay in the north west of the island. It is an elliptically shaped, freshwater loch and is close to the lochs of Hundland and Boardhouse. The grassland at the shore of the loch is the main feeding area for a wintering flock of rare Greenland white-fronted geese and the rare flat-stalked pondweed is found in the waters. Many varieties of birds use and nest in the loch including mute swans, skylarks, meadow pipits, twites, gulls and sedge warblers. It is also popular for trout fishing. The loch was surveyed in 1906 by James Murray and later charted as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates: 59.1344, -3.2049
District: Orkney Islands
Postcode: KW17 2NW
Parliamentary constituency: Orkney and Shetland

Sources

wikidata: Q15242593 (CC0)
wikipedia: Loch of Swannay (CC BY-SA 4.0)