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Photo of Marwick Head, a nature reserve near Birsay, the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

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Marwick Head

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The cliffs at Marwick Head are packed through the summer with nesting guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes — an RSPB reserve, loud and busy at the height of the season. On the top stands the tall stone Kitchener Memorial, raised for Lord Kitchener and the crew of HMS Hampshire, lost when the cruiser struck a mine off this coast in 1916. A clifftop path climbs up from Marwick Bay.

More places to visit near Marwick Head

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

Brough of Birsay

Island near Birsay

Tidal island off Birsay with Pictish and Norse ruins, a 12th-century church, a lighthouse and puffins on its cliffs

3.6 km N

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.

3.7 km NE

Photo of Skara Brae, a prehistoric village near Dounby, the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Iconic

Skara Brae

Prehistoric village near Dounby

Neolithic village older than Stonehenge.

6 km S

Photo of Yesnaby, a visitor attraction near Stromness in Hoy and West Mainland, the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Yesnaby

Attraction near Stromness

A stretch of dramatic Old Red Sandstone sea cliffs and stacks on the west Mainland coast, popular for clifftop walks.

8.8 km S

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

14.7 km NE

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

Sands of Evie

Beach near Evie

A sheltered golden beach on the Mainland's north coast beside Eynhallow Sound, near the Broch of Gurness.

14.7 km E