Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Stromness
STROMNESS
is a quite enchanting port at which to arrive by boat, its picturesque
waterfront a procession of tiny sandstone jetties and slate roofs nestling below the
green hill of Brinkies Brae. Its makes a great introduction to Orkney, and is an
excellent base too. Its natural sheltered harbour (known as Hamnavoe) has probably
been used for centuries, but the town itself only really took off in the eighteenth
century when the Hudson's Bay Company made Stromness its main base from which
to make the journey across the North Atlantic. Today Stromness remains an
Mull
Head
ORKNEY
North
Ronaldsay
Papa
Westray
0
10
miles
Noup Head
Pierowall
Westray
N
Sanday
Rapness
Kettletoft
Rousay
Eday
Egilsay
Brough Head
Birsay
Whitehall
Evie
Wyre
Stronsay
Tingwall
Dounby
Lamb Head
Mainland
Skara Brae
Shapinsay
Balfour
Wide
Firth
Auskerry
Finstown
Maes
Howe
Mull
Head
Kirkwall
Stromness
Graemsay
Hoy
Orphir
Houton
St Mary's
Scapa
Flow
Old Man
of Hoy
Copinsay
Ward Hill
(1577ft)
Churchill
Barriers
Rackwick
Hoy
Flotta
HIGHLIGHTS
Maes Howe
Skara Brae
St Magnus Cathedral,
Kirkwall
Tomb of the Eagles
Scapa Flow Visitor Centre
Westray
North Ronaldsay
Lyness
Burray
St Margaret's Hope
South
Ronaldsay
Longhope
Burwick
Swona
Tomb
of the Eagles
Brough Ness
Dunnet
Head
Pentland
Skerries
Stroma
John
O'Groats
Gill's
Bay
Duncansby Head
Thurso
Wick
Aberdeen
