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Highlights

A selection of standout places across Orkney

Cellar

Swannay Brewery

Swannay Brewery operates from a former farmstead at Swannay, on the north-west…

Workshop

Fursbreck Pottery

Fursbreck Pottery works out of a former schoolhouse in Harray, on Orkney's West…

Culture

Pier Arts Centre

The Pier Arts Centre occupies a cluster of harbourside buildings on Victoria…

Larder

Donaldsons of Orkney

Donaldsons of Orkney trades from 38 Albert Street in Kirkwall, where the family…

Rest

Merkister Hotel

The Merkister Hotel stands on the shore of the Loch of Harray, on Orkney's West…

Grounds

The Orkney Roastery

Sara Tait and Euan Smith spent seven years planning before opening The Orkney…

Table

Independent restaurants, cafes and tea rooms5 listings

Larder

Farm shops, delis, and food producers3 listings

Culture

Galleries, museums, and cultural spaces8 listings

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

Makers, studios, and craft workshops6 listings

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…

Cellar

Breweries, distilleries, vineyards and cider makers3 listings

Rest

Boutique stays and unique accommodation3 listings

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