Broughtown

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Broughtown
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Sanday Parish Church, Broughtown
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Broughtown
Location within Orkney
OS grid reference HY659410
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ORKNEY
Postcode district KW17
Dialling code 01856
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
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UK
Scotland
59°15′18″N2°35′53″W / 59.255°N 2.598°W / 59.255; -2.598

Broughtown is a village on the island of Sanday, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Cross and Burness. [1] Sanday Airport is adjacent to the eastern side of the village and Kettletoft is to the south. The B9068 road runs south to north, through Broughtown, connecting Kettletoft with Scar. Meanwhile, the B9070 road runs south-west from Broughtown, and south beyond Braeswick, to the Sanday ferry terminal at Spur Ness. [2]

References

  1. "Details of Parish of Cross and Burness". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. "B9070". Sabre. Retrieved 1 January 2015.