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This List of bays of the Orkney Islands summarises the bays that are located in the islands of Orkney in Scotland. The heading "Nearest Town" shows the nearest substantial settlement, as Kirkwall is the only town in the Orkney islands.
Having been inhabited for nearly 8,500 years, Orkney contains many settlements, hamlet and villages. Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Lighthouse Deerness signpost Orkney Tourist Bus Gills Bay ferry and fishingboats Longhope Lifeboat, Hoy Kirkwall Airport lounge Lamb Holm, Italian Chapel Orphir, Viking ship Scapa Flow Museum Skara Brae Neolithic ...
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.
Country houses in Orkney (2 P) M. Historic house museums in Orkney (2 P) Pages in category "Houses in Orkney" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The main airport in Orkney is Kirkwall Airport, operated by Highland and Islands Airports. Loganair provides services to the Scottish Mainland (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness), as well as to Sumburgh Airport in Shetland. Most of the scheduled flights within Orkney depart/arrive at Kirkwall from one of the other islands.
Skaill House is a historic manor house in Sandwick parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the neolithic site, Skara Brae, and the Bay of Skaill. [1] In 1977, the house was included in the List of Scottish Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [2]
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One of Orkney's few woodlands is found on Hoy, and is among the most northerly areas of woodland in the UK. Patches of the woodland are scattered across the island. There is the remote possibility of locally extant Orkney charr ( Salvelinus inframundus ) documented in 1908 at Heldale Water.