Our guide to exploring the Orkney islands
We want to make sure that you get the very best from your stay – and that you will want to keep coming back to enjoy all that the islands have to offer, so we have created a map that will take you to Orkney’s well known – and not so well known – attractions.
We hope you enjoy your visit.
Want a physical copy of our map?
A paper copy of our Orkney Islands map is available to purchase from our website. The map folds out to A2 size. One side has a map showing A roads, B roads, inter island ferry routes, other key geographic markers and our hand picked points of interest. The other side contains a brief description of all 80 points of interest and a selection of photos.
Additional images have been supplied by:
- Len Garson – Vinquoy Chambered Cairn, Stone of Setter and Eday Heritage Centre
- Lisa-Marie Muir – Balfour Village and Burroughston Broch
- Rebecca Marr – Hoy Heritage Centre, Dwarfie Stane and Longhope Lifeboat Museum
- Dennis Taylor – Binscarth Woods, Rendall Doocot, Tankerness House Gardens, St Marys Loch of Ayre Walkway, Sanday Heritage Centre, Orkney Wireless Museum Kirkwall, Noltland Castle Westray, Lyness Scapa Flow Visitor Centre, Hackness Martello Tower Hoy and Hackness Battery Hoy.
- Garry Delday – Scapa Beach and Happy Valley
- Andy Hay – RSPB Turmland – Rousay, RSPB North Hill – Papa Westray, RSPB Cottascarth and Rendall Moss and RSPB Noup Cliffs – Westray
- Stewart Bain – RSPB Mill Dam Nature Reserve, Shapinsay
- Bill Hodgson – Vat of Kirbister
- Carly Wick – Newark Beach
- David Warner – Sanday Community Craft Hub
- Julie Herdman Mckell – Olav’s Wood
- Morag Lynn Reynish – Kirbuster Farm Museum
- Jessica Taylor – Berriedale Woods
- Paul Aldous – Finstown Gardens
- Robert Friel – Knowe of Yarso and Taversoe Tuick
- Sarah Stevenson – Rothiesholm Beach
- Kirsty Lloyd – Orkney Heritage and Fossil Centre, Burray