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Photo of Sands of Evie, a beach in the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

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Sands of Evie

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The Sands of Evie is a sheltered curve of golden sand on the Mainland’s north coast, looking across Eynhallow Sound to the island of Rousay. It’s a favourite for a paddle or a spot of windsurfing, and the Iron Age Broch of Gurness stands just along the shore. There’s a car park near Evie, and the Orkney Brewery is not far off.

More places to visit near Sands of Evie

Photo of Orkney Mainland, an island in the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Iconic

Orkney Mainland

Island near Finstown

Orkney's main island, home to Kirkwall's St Magnus Cathedral, Stromness and the Neolithic sites of Skara Brae, Maeshowe and Brodgar

0.1 km SE

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

Rousay

Island near Evie

Hilly island with Midhowe's broch and stalled cairn, Taversoe Tuick's two-storey tomb and the Westness heritage walk along the shore

1.9 km NE

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Wyre

Island near Evie

Tiny island with Cubbie Roo's Castle, one of Scotland's oldest stone castles, a Norse-era chapel and Edwin Muir's childhood farm

4.5 km E

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

Egilsay

Island

Where Earl Magnus was killed in 1117, with a roofless round-towered church, a memorial on the spot and an RSPB reserve for waders

8.8 km E · Orkney Islands

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

11.8 km SE

Photo of Barony Mill, a watermill near Birsay, the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Barony Mill

Watermill near Birsay

A working 19th-century water mill at Birsay, the last in Orkney still grinding traditional bere barley into beremeal.

12.3 km W