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Orkney Islands by boat
Orkney Islands by boat
Ro/Ro Ferries:
Scrabster to Stromness, Orkney Mainland: 90-minute sailings offered 3 times a day, 7 days a week. Service provided by Northlink Ferries . Approx. 30 minute drive to Kirkwall from Stromness.
Aberdeen to Kirkwall, Orkney Mainland: 6-hour sailing offered Tuesdays*, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Service provided by Northlink Ferries . No Kirkwall call from 1 Jan - 31 Mar & 1 Nov - 31 Dec.
Gill's Bay to St Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay. 60-minute sailings offered 3 times a day, 7 days a week. Service provided by Pentland Ferries . Approx. 35 minute drive to Kirkwall from St Margaret's Hope.
Passenger-only Ferries:
John O'Groats to Burwick, South Ronaldsay. 40-minute sailings offered 7 days a week from 1 May to 30 September only. Service provided by John O'Groats Ferry . Approx. 45 minute drive to Kirkwall from Burwick.
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