Information

County Town: Kirkwall
Population: 19,480
Area: 382 sq miles
County Reviews
Rather interesting Orkneys facts
Orkneys weather
Visitor reports
Your opinion of Orkneys
Famous Dates
Famous People

Pub and Bars in Orkneys | Orkneys Directory

Best rates for a Local Hotel

Kirkwall
Auld Motor House
Orphir
Scorrabrae Inn
Tankerness
Qouyburray Inn
Bladon
The Lamb
St Margarets Hope
Murray Arms Hotel

Brit Quote:
If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision. - Roger McGough
More Quotes

On this day:
St Augustine Introduces Julian Calendar to England - 0597, William the Conqueror crowned - 1066, Domesday Book Commissioned - 1085, First Christmas Tree in Britain - 1800, Mrs Beeton Published - 1861, End of the Soviet Union - 1991
More dates from British history

click here to view all the British counties

County Pages