List of places in Orkney facts for kids

Map of places in Orkney compiled from this list

See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties.

Orkney is an archipelago located in the Northern Isles of Scotland. Having been inhabited for nearly 8,500 years, Orkney contains many settlements, hamlet and villages.

Brough of Birsay

Cantick Head Lighthouse

Deerness signpost

Orkney Tourist Bus

Gills Bay ferry and fishingboats

Longhope Lifeboat, Hoy

Kirkwall Airport lounge

Lamb Holm, Italian Chapel

Orphir, Viking ship

Scapa Flow Museum

Skara Brae Neolithic Settlement

Stromness Harbour, Orkney

Waukmill Bay poppies

Yesnaby Black guillemots

A

• Abune-the-Hill
• Aikerness
• Aikers
• Aith

B

• Backaland
• Backaskaill
• Balfour
• Beaquoy
• Berstane
• Bimbister
• Birsay
• Boloquoy
• Bow
• Braehead
• Braeswick
• Breckquoy
• Brims
• Brinian
• Brinkie's Brae
• Brinyan
• Brough of Birsay
• Broughton
• Broughtown
• Burness
• Burray
• Burwick
• Bustatown

C

• Calfsound
• Cantick Head
• Cleat
• Clestrain
• Clouston
• Cornquoy
• Costa

D

• Deerness
• Dishes
• Dounby

E

• Easting
• Eastside
• Eday
• Edmonstone
• Egilsay
• Elwick
• Everbay
• Evie

F

• Finstown
• Firth
• Flotta
• Foubister

G

• Georth
• Gills Bay
• Gorseness
• Graemsay
• Greenigo
• Grim Ness
• Grimbister
• Gritley
• Grobister
• Guith
• Gyre

H

• Hackland
• Hackness
• Halcro
• Hamnavoe
• Harray
• Hatston
• Heddle
• Herston
• Hobbister
• Holland
• Hollandstoun
• Holm
• Housebay
• Houton
• Hoxa
• Hoy
• Hrossey
• Hurliness

I

• Innertown
• Ireland
• Isbister

K

• Kettletoft
• Kirbister
• Kirbuster
• Kirkwall
• Knarston

L

• Lady
• Lamb Holm
• Laminess
• Langskaill
• Liddle; see Liddle Burnt Mound
• Linklater
• Linklet
• Linksness
• Longhope
• Loth
• Lower Whitehall
• Lowertown
• Lyness
• Lythes

M

• Maeshowe
• Mainland, Orkney
• Manse Bay
• Marwick
• Melsetter
• Midbea
• Midhowe
• Millbounds
• Mirbister
• Murra

N

• Navershaw
• Ness of Tenston
• Nesstoun
• Nether Button
• Netherbrough
• Newark
• Newbigging
• North Dawn
• North Ronaldsay
• Northdyke
• Northtown
• Nouster

O

• Odie
• Orphir
• Outertown
• Overbister

P

• Pan
• Papa Westray
• Papley
• Pierowall

Q

• Quholm
• Quindry
• Quoyloo
• Quoyness

R

• Rackwick
• Rapness
• Redland
• Rendall
• Rinnigill
• Roadside
• Ronaldsvoe
• Rothiesholm
• Rousay
• Russland

S

• Sabiston
• Saltness
• Samsonslane
• Sanday
• Sandgarth
• Sandquoy
• Sandwick
• Saviskaill
• Scapa
• Scar
• Scarwell
• Settiscarth
• Shapinsay
• Skaill
• Skara Brae
• Skeabrae
• Skelwick
• Sourin
• South Ronaldsay
• Southtown
• St Margaret's Hope
• St Mary's
• St Ola
• Stenness
• Stove
• Stromness
• Stronsay
• Swanbister
• Swannay

T

• Tankerness
• Tingwall
• Toab
• Tradespark
• Twatt

U

• Upper Sanday
• Uppertown

V

• Veness
• Voy

W

• Warbeth
• Wasbister
• Westness
• Westray
• Whitehall
• Widewall
• Woodwick
• Work
• Wyre

Y

• Yesnaby