Villages & towns in Orkney IslandsOrkney Islands, Scotland

8 villages and towns in the Albion Guide across Orkney Islands — see the full villages and towns directory, or everything to explore in Orkney Islands.

Stromness

Orkney's second town, a stone-built harbour community of winding lanes and flagstone streets on the west Mainland.

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Orkney's capital and largest town, built around the red-sandstone St Magnus Cathedral and a working harbour.

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A remote crofting township on the island of Hoy, set behind a boulder-and-sand bay ringed by high hills.

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A settlement on Hoy at the former Royal Navy base of Scapa Flow, home to the Scapa Flow Museum.

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The main village of the island of Westray, a fishing settlement curled around a sheltered bay.

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Orkney's third-largest settlement, a waterfront village of 17th and 18th-century houses on South Ronaldsay.

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A scattered village at the north-west tip of the Mainland, beside the tidal Brough of Birsay and the Earl's Palace.

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A north-coast Mainland village near the Sands of Evie and the Broch of Gurness, close to Swannay Brewery.

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