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Swannay Brewery
Swannay Brewery operates from a former farmstead at Swannay, on the north-west…
WorkshopFursbreck Pottery
Fursbreck Pottery works out of a former schoolhouse in Harray, on Orkney's West…
CulturePier Arts Centre
The Pier Arts Centre occupies a cluster of harbourside buildings on Victoria…
LarderDonaldsons of Orkney
Donaldsons of Orkney trades from 38 Albert Street in Kirkwall, where the family…
RestMerkister Hotel
The Merkister Hotel stands on the shore of the Loch of Harray, on Orkney's West…
GroundsThe Orkney Roastery
Sara Tait and Euan Smith spent seven years planning before opening The Orkney…
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Birsay Bay Tearoom
West Mainland, SCO
Birsay Bay Tearoom has served locals and visitors since 2013, a short drive from the Earl's Palace…
Julia's Café Bistro
Stromness, SCO
Julia's Café Bistro occupies a 40-cover space on Ferry Road in Stromness, opposite the ferry…
Smithfield Hotel and Restaurant
Dounby, SCO
A family-run hotel with restaurant, bar and cafe in the village of Dounby, on the west mainland of…
The Foveran
St Ola, Kirkwall, SCO
A restaurant with rooms at St Ola, close to Kirkwall, with sea views across historic Scapa Flow.…
The Pier Bistro & Takeaway
Stromness, SCO
The Pier Bistro & Takeaway sits on Victoria Street in Stromness, a few steps from the harbour, and…
Larder
Argo's Bakery
Stromness, SCO
Argo's Bakery has stood on Victoria Street in Stromness since the 1940s and is now run by its…
Barony Mill
Birsay, SCO
The last working watermill in Orkney, and the only mill anywhere still stone-grinding bere, an…
Donaldsons of Orkney
Kirkwall, SCO
Donaldsons of Orkney trades from 38 Albert Street in Kirkwall, where the family butcher has…
Culture
Kirbuster Farm Museum
Birsay, SCO
Opened to the public in 1987 on Hundland Road at Birsay, this is the last un-restored traditional…
Northlight Gallery
Stromness, SCO
Northlight Gallery occupies a single white-walled room of 24 square metres on Graham Place in…
Pier Arts Centre
Stromness, SCO
The Pier Arts Centre occupies a cluster of harbourside buildings on Victoria Street in Stromness,…
Shapinsay Heritage Centre
North Isles, SCO
Shapinsay's Heritage Centre stands in the island village, twenty minutes by ferry from the centre…
Stromness Museum
Stromness, SCO
An independent museum founded in 1837 at 52 Alfred Street, with permanent galleries drawn from…
Tomb of the Eagles
St Margaret's Hope, SCO
Neolithic chambered cairn at Liddle, discovered by farmer Ronnie Simison in the 1950s and…
Tomb of the Eagles Visitor's Centre
South Ronaldsay, SCO
The Isbister Chambered Cairn, above the cliffs of South Ronaldsay, is community-owned and run by…
Wheeling Steen Gallery
Westray, SCO
Family gallery north of Pierowall on Westray, established in 1995 by Edwin and Elaine Rendall and…
Workshop
A Yarn From North Ronaldsay
North Ronaldsay, SCO
Small mill on North Ronaldsay processing fleece from the island's rare seaweed-eating sheep into…
Alison Moore Designs
Stromness, SCO
Alison Moore makes silver jewellery from a studio and shop inside the former Commercial Hotel…
Fursbreck Pottery
Harray, SCO
Fursbreck Pottery works out of a former schoolhouse in Harray, on Orkney's West Mainland. Andrew…
Hoxa Tapestry Gallery
St Margaret's Hope, SCO
Hoxa Tapestry Gallery sits at Hoxa on South Ronaldsay, around three miles from St Margaret's Hope…
Robin Palmer Ceramics
Kirkwall, SCO
Robin Palmer, a Gray's School of Art graduate who previously taught pottery in Aberdeen and ran her…
The Orkney Furniture Maker
St Ola, SCO
Kevin Gauld's workshop on Work Road, St Ola, established in 2007, hand-builds traditional Orkney…
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Deerness Distillery
Deerness, SCO
Stuart and Adelle Brown, a chartered engineer and a pharmacist who emigrated from Australia with…
Swannay Brewery
Evie, SCO
Swannay Brewery operates from a former farmstead at Swannay, on the north-west tip of Orkney's…
The Orkney Distillery (Kirkjuvagr Gin)
Kirkwall, SCO
The Orkney Distillery occupies a converted harbourfront building on Ayre Road in Kirkwall, opened…
Rest
Brinkies Guest House
Stromness, SCO
Yvonne Harrold runs Brinkies Guest House on Brownstown Road, a few minutes' drive into the…
Hoy Hotel
Hoy, SCO
Family-run hotel and bar at Lyness, the main settlement on Hoy, serving food and drink to residents…
Merkister Hotel
Harray, SCO
The Merkister Hotel stands on the shore of the Loch of Harray, on Orkney's West Mainland, roughly…
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