Whome Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Whome
Static Image Name:Whomeflotta.jpg
Static Image Caption:Whome telephone box in 2007, looking down to the village.
Population:30
Os Grid Reference:ND352938
Coordinates:58.83°N -3.1°W
Post Town:STROMNESS
Postcode District:KW16
Postcode Area:KW
Dial Code:01856

Whome is the largest settlement on the Orkney island of Flotta, Scotland.[1] The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta.[2] [3] [4] Views from Whome look across Pan Hope, to the Flotta oil terminal across the bay.[5] [6] The B9046 on the outskirts of Whome adjoins to the B9045, leading down to the Flotta ferry terminal.[7]

History

Much of Whome was developed during the 1970-80s, built as council housing, however the settlement takes its name from the nearby centuries-old Whome Farm, the kiln and barn of which became a Category C listed building in 2002.[8] [9] It grew following the North Sea oil boom in the 1970s, and much of the social housing in Whome accommodated workers at the Flotta oil terminal during the 1980s.[10]

Facilities

Flotta Community School is located in Whome. The school was mothballed in 2010 due to lack of pupils, but has since reopened.[11] [12] The Flotta Community Centre is also located in Whome,[13] which accommodates a cafe, as well as a pub every Saturday night.[14]

The village also has a doctor's surgery. Flotta had its own resident GP, until Dr George Drever died in 2003.[15] Today, a GP travels over to the island every Tuesday and Friday from the Stromness surgery on the Mainland, and a resident practitioner nurse still offers 24 hour medical care on Flotta.[16] The Flotta Heritage Centre is located in Whome,[17] next door to the shop and post office. The shop stopped stocking general groceries on 1 June 2022.[18]

Whome has a playpark, a telephone box, and the Flotta Fire Station, until its closure on 25 October 2012.[19] [20]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Flotta, Orkney. Holiday Cottages. 1 January 2022.
  2. Web site: B9046 . Sabre . 1 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Whome in the Orkney Islands. streetmap.co.uk. 1 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Whome Post Code. geographic.org. 8 December 2022.
  5. Web site: Pan Hope. Scottish Places. 1 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Moorland track near Whome. geograph.org.uk. 27 May 2022.
  7. Web site: Flotta Ferry Terminal, Whome, Flotta. findlatitudeandlongitude.com. 31 December 2008.
  8. Web site: Whome Kiln And Barn. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. 31 January 2002.
  9. Web site: Flotta - Whome Kiln And Barn. Historic Environment Scotland. 31 January 2002.
  10. Web site: Flotta Terminal. Repsol Sinopec. 31 May 2017.
  11. Web site: Flotta Community School. Flotta Community School. 20 June 2010.
  12. Web site: Committee recommends partial reopening of Flotta Primary School. Orkney Islands Council. 9 June 2021.
  13. Web site: Flotta Community Centre. Nice Local. 31 December 2017.
  14. Web site: Flotta: The Flat Island. 27 May 2011 . Lurdy.wordpress. 27 May 2011.
  15. Web site: Flotta Medical Services. 27 May 2011 . Lurdy.wordpress. 27 May 2011.
  16. Web site: NHS Orkney services. NHS Orkney. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210707/http://www.ohb.scot.nhs.uk/article.asp?page=257 . 14 August 2014. 2014-08-12 .
  17. Web site: Walk of the Week. thetimes.co.uk. 12 May 2022.
  18. Web site: NHS Orkney services. 27 May 2011 . Flotta: Post Office. 1 June 2022.
  19. Web site: Minutes of the meeting of Flotta Community Council, 22 October 2012. orkney.gov.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908091552/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Files/Council/Community-Councils/Flotta-Meetings/2012/2012_Oct_22_General_Meeting_Flotta.pdf . 22 October 2012. 2014-09-08 .
  20. Web site: Flotta Fire Station set to close. 31 August 2012 . The Orcadian. 31 August 2012.
  21. Web site: Transcripts of Births, Marriages and Deaths . The Orkney and Shetland America . Illinois State Library. 20 January 1895.

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