Places

Ward Hill is a curved ridge and is the highest hill in Orkney, sitting on the north of the island of Hoy. Ward Read more…

The Old Beacon is a lighthouse located at Dennis Head, in the northeast of North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands. The Read more…

The Scapa Flow Visitor Centre is a museum located in the former fuel oil pumping station at Lyness Naval Base (HMS Read more…

Bay of Skaill beach is a large remote sandy beach on the west coast of mainland Orkney. At one end Read more…

Mill Dam RSPB Reserve is a wetland on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkneys, a natural marsh was dammed in Read more…

Skara Brae is a large Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill. The settlement consists of ten clustered houses, Read more…

Burroughston Broch is an Iron Age broch located on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands. The brock has Read more…

The Westray Heritage Centre is a museum, archive and information centre located in the island’s main village of Pierowall. The Read more…

Whitemill Bay is a white sandy beach backed by sand dunes. The beach is located on the northern coastline of Read more…

The Lady Kirk is one of two ruined churches on Westray, built in 1674, on the foundations of a 13th-century Read more…

Rackwick Bay beach is a sandy beach on island of Hoy. The beach although sandy has some large rounded pebbles Read more…

Start Point Lighthouse was built by Robert Stevenson and completed on 2 October 1806. This was the first Scottish lighthouse Read more…