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Additional Information About Orkney and Shetland
Places of Interest in Orkney
Birsay
Earl's Palace
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open site.
Brough of Birsay
North end of Orkney Mainland, 11
miles (18km) north of Stromness.
Open: Tide permitting.
Burger Hill Wind Turbine Site
Orkney mainland
Tel 01856 872073
Open: All year, Visitor Centre open,
Apr-Octr, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun,
afternoons only.
Dounby
Click Mill
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open site.
Gurness Broch
Off the A966 at Aikerness, 4 miles
(6km) north-west of Kirkwall
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open site.
Kirkwall
Highland Park Distillery
Tel 01856 874619
Open: All year, Apr-Oct, Mon-Fri.
Tours from 10am-4pm. Also open
Saturdays in Jun-Augt. Nov-Mar,
Mon-Fri. Tours at 2pm and 3.30pm.
Ortak Jewellers
Hatston Ind. Est.
Kirkwall
Tel 01856 872224
Open: Regular business hours.
St Magnus Cathedral
Kirkwall centre
Open: May-Aug, 9am-5pm and
closed Sundays except for services.
Tankerness House
Broad Street
Tel 01856 873191
Open: All year, Mon-Saty, 10:30am-
12.30pm & 1.30-5pm. Also May-
Sept, Sunday 2-5pm.
Earl Patrick's Palace and Bishop's
Palace
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open: Apr-Sept, Mon-Sat 9.30am-
6.30pm. Sun 2-6.30pm. Oct-Mar,
Mon-Sat, 9.30am-4pm. Sun, 2-4pm.
Lambholm
Italian Chapel
south of Kirkwall
Open: At all times.
Maes Howe
Off the A965 9 miles (14km) west of
Kirkwall
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open: Apr-Sept, Mon-Sat 9.30am-
6.30pm. Sun 2-6.30pm. Oct-Mar,
Mon, Tues, Wed and Sat, 9.30am-
4.30pm. Sunday, 2-4.30pm. Closed
Thurs afternoon and all day Friday
Ring of Brogar
Between the Lochs of Harray &
Stenness, 5 miles (8km) north-east of
Stromness
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open site.
Notland Castle
Island of Westray
Tel 0 1857 677480
Open: By arrangement but call at
castle.
Dwarfie Stane
On island of Hoy
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open site.
Skara Brae
9 miles (14km) north-west of Kirkwall
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open: Apr-Sept, Mon-Sat 9.30am-
6.30pm. Sunday, 2-6.30pm. Oct-Mar,
Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm. Sunday, 2-4pm.
South Ronaldsay
Orkney Wireless Museum
11 miles (18km) south of Kirkwall
Tel 01856 831462
Open: April to Sept, daily, 10am-7pm.
St Margaret's Hope
Old Smiddy Museum
Tel 01856 831 567
Open: Varied times. Contact by
telephone.
St Mary's
Norwood Collection
Parish of Holm, Mainland Orkney
Tel 01856 781217
Open: May-Sept, Sun, Tue, Wed &
Thurs 2-5pm and 6-8pm.
Stromness
Pier Art Centre
Victoria Street, Stromness
Tel 01856 850209
Open: All year, Tue-Sat, 10.30am-
12.30pm and 1.30-5pm.
Stromness Natural History Museum
Tel 01856 850025
Open: May-Sept, daily, 10.30am-5pm.
Oct-Apr, Mon-Sat 10.30am-12.30pm
and 1.30-5pm.
Orkney:
Other Useful Information
Stenness Standing Stones
Between the Lochs of Harray &
Stenness, 5 miles (8km) north-east of Stromness
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open site.
Kirkwall Airport
Orkney
Tel 01856 872421
Accomodation in Orkney
Harray
The Mercistar Hotel**
Tel 01856 771366
Kirkwall
Albert Hotel**
Tel 01856 876000
Stromness
Ferry Inn**
Tel 01856 850280
Stromness Hotel**
Tel 01856 850298
Places of Interest in Shetland
Boddam
Shetland Croft House Museum
Open: Daily except Mondays,
May-Sept, 10am-1pm and 2-5pm.
Island of Noss Nature Reserve
5 miles (8km) east of Lerwick. Access
by inflatable boat.
Tel 01591 693434
Open: mid-May to end of August.
Jarlshoff
Sumburgh Head,
22 miles (35km) south of Lerwick
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open: Variable times.
Lerwick
Fort Charlotte
Above Commercial Street
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open site.
Shetland Museum
Lower Hillhead
Tel 01595 695050
Open: All year, Mon, Wed and Fri,
10am-7pm. Tue, Thur & Sat 10am-5pm.
Up-Helly-Aa Exhibition
Off Sunniva Street in Lerwick
Open: May-Sept, Tue 2-4pm &
7-9pm, Fri, 7-9pm, Sat, 2-4pm.
Ness of Burgi
On the coast at the tip of Scatness
1 mile (2km) south-west of Jalshoff
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open site.
Scalloway
Scalloway Museum
Main Street in Scalloway
Tel 01595 880256
Open: May-Oct, Tue, Wed & Thurs,
2-5pm. Sat 9am-1pm & 2-5pm.
Sun, 2-5pm.
Scalloway Castle
6 miles (10km) west of Lerwick
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open at all times.
South Mainland
Mousa Broch
On the island of Mousa, accessible by
boat from Sandwick
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open at all times.
Boat to Mousa Broch-the Solan 111
Tel 01950 431367
Summer months only, weather permitting.
St Ninian's Isle
B9122 off west coast mainland
Open: At all times.
Unst
Muness Castle
South-east of corner of Isle of Unst
Historic Scotland Tel 0131 668 8830
Open: At all times.
d, Fri, Sun, 1-6pm.
Yell
Old Haa of Burravoe
Island of Yell
Tel 01957 722339
Open: Apr-Sept, Tue-Friday, Sat and
Sun, 10am-4pm.
Shetland:
Other Useful Information
Sumburgh Airport
Tel 01950 60654
British Airways
Aberdeen to Sumburgh, Shetland
Tel 01345 222111, 4 daily from
Aberdeen, 3 on a Saturday and 2 on
Sunday. 2 daily from Inverness, 1 on a
Saturday. From Glasgow, 2 per day
and 1 on a Saturday. From Edinburgh,
1 a day Monday to Friday.
P&O Scottish Ferries
Jamieson's Square, Aberdeen The
ferry st Clair takes 14 hours to cross
from Aberdeen to Lerwick. Leaves
6pm and arrives in Lerwick at 8am.
Cabins are available. Monday to Friday
and not Tuesdays, June to August.
Tel 01224 572615
Loganair
Tel 0141 889 3181 or Sumburgh
Tel 01595 840246 From Edinburgh,
1 flight per day.
Shalder Coaches
Scalloway, Shetland
] Tel 01595 880217
Accommodation
Brae
Busta House**
Tel 01806 522506
Bressay
Maryfield House*
Tel 01595 820207
Fair Isle
Fair Isle Lodge*
Fair Isle, Shetland
Tel 01595 760258
Island of Unst
Clongera Guest House*,
Baltasound
Tel 01957 711579
St Magnus Bay Hotel*
Hillswick
Tel 01806 503371
Lerwick
Keveldsro House Hotel**
Greenfield Place, Lerwick
Tel 01595 692195
Sumburgh
Sumburgh Hotel**
Tel 01950 460201
Campsites in Shetland
Brae
Valleyfield Campsite
Tel 01806 522365
Lerwick
Camping Bods or Barns
Building that used to accommodate
fishermen during the fishing season and
now offer simple shelter for campers.
You will need everything but the tent.
Tel 01595 693434
Lerwick
Clickimin Caravan and Campsite
Lochside, near Lerwick
Tel 01595 694555
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