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Dingieshowe Beach

Photo of Dingieshowe Beach, a beach near Burray Village, the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Dingieshowe Beach

© Derek Mayes / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Derek Mayes / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dingieshowe Beach

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Dingieshowe is a sandy beach on the narrow neck of land that ties Deerness to the rest of the East Mainland, with grassy dunes behind it. It’s an easy one to reach, with a roadside car park and toilets, which makes it a handy stop on the way out to Mull Head and the coast beyond.

More places to visit near Dingieshowe Beach

Photo of The Gloup, a visitor attraction in the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

The Gloup

Attraction

A spectacular collapsed sea cave connected to the sea by a tunnel, in the Mull Head reserve on Deerness.

6.4 km NE · Orkney Islands

Photo of Churchill Barriers, a visitor attraction near Burray Village, the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Churchill Barriers

Attraction near Burray Village

Four WWII causeways linking the Mainland to South Ronaldsay, flanked by the rusting hulks of scuttled blockships.

6.9 km SW

Photo of Brough of Deerness, a visitor attraction in the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Brough of Deerness

Attraction

A steep-sided rocky promontory with the remains of a Norse chapel, reached by a stepped path on Deerness.

7.3 km NE · Orkney Islands

Photo of Burray, an island in the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Burray

Island near Burray Village

Barrier-linked island with blockship wrecks, the dune beach at the fourth barrier, a fossil and heritage centre, and the causeway to Hunda

7.3 km SW

Photo of South Ronaldsay, an island in the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

South Ronaldsay

Island near St Margaret's Hope

Barrier-linked island with St Margaret's Hope, the Tomb of the Eagles clifftop cairn and wartime batteries on Hoxa Head

10.7 km SW

Photo of Shapinsay, an island in the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Shapinsay

Island near Balfour

Low Orkney island 25 minutes by ferry from Kirkwall, with the estate village of Balfour, a Baronial castle and Burroughston Broch

11.9 km N