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 Orkney is a group of islands situated a few
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Orkney
Isles - Travel by coach - Scottish Citylink
Coaches Ltd. Also The Orkney Bus in partnership with John O’Groats
Ferries. The last part of your journey is by sea, with a choice
of sailings from Aberdeen and Scrabster, Gills Bay or John O’Groats
in Caithness. |
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Air
- flights from the major British mainland
airports. Kirkwall is about 90 minutes from both Edinburgh &
Glasgow, 45 minutes from Aberdeen and 30 minutes from Inverness.
www.ba.com. www.loganair.co.uk. |
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Orkney
Isles - Car Hire - There are various ways
to travel around the island. Car hire. www.orkneycarhire.co.uk. |
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Orkney
Isles - Cycle Hire - There are various
ways to travel around the island. Cycle hire - email cycleorkney@btconnect.com |
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Orkney
Isles - Ferries - www.pentlandferries.co.uk.
www.northlinkferries.co.uk. www.jogferry.co.uk. |
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Orkney Isles
- Sport - Kirkwall Golf Club, Grainbank,
Orkney KW15 1RD. About 1mile west of Kirkwall. Tel: 01856872457.
Stromness Golf Club, Ness,
Stomness, Orkney, KW16 3DU. Tel: 01847 893807. Sanday
Golf Club, Sanday, Orkney KW17 2BW. Tel: 01857600341. |
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Orkney
Isles - Entertainment and attractions -
ST MAGNUS CATHEDRAL, Kirkwall, is one of Orkney's most magnificent
landmarks. In the centre of Mainland, Orkney Isles. The Old Man of Hoy is a sandstone
rock stack rising close to the sea about 450 feet high, and is
considered to challenge the most experienced climbers. Hoy is
an island in the west of the Orkney Isles. The
Phoenix Cinema, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall. Tel: 01856 879900.
There are two theatres
in Orkney - Orkney Arts Theatre, Mill Street, Kirkwall. Tel:
01876 872047. Gable End Theatre, Lyness, Hoy, Orkney. Tel: 01856
791200. Orkney Marine-Life Aquarium, Orkney.
Tel: 01856 831700. |
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Orkney
Isles - Other information - The Pier Arts
Centre, Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AA. Tel: 01856
850209. Stromness Museum,
54 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3DF. Tel: 01856 850
025. Maritime History. Stromness is on the west coast of mainland
Orkney Isles. Kirkwall Library. Stromness
Library. Orkney Museum,
Tankerness House, Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DH. Tel:
01856 873191. |
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