In Person Orkney BBC Radio Orkney BBC Radio Orkney went on air in May 1977. It is the county’s community station, broadcasting half an hour of local news and features weekday mornings, with a lunchtime news update. The Friday Request programme runs year round, other local programmes broadcast from six till seven weeknights during the autumn and winter. The building, Commercial Union House, used to be a bank, and the safe is still there in reception (but it’s empty). Upstairs the main broadcast studio features a mixing desk that once was used by the super-star DJs of wonderful Radio One. The station also has a small contribution point for use by other parts of the BBC when the main studio is busy. For some complicated reason, that’s known as Studio 7. View Details Facilities Disabled WC WC Refreshments Limited Access
Virtual In Person Orkney Ceri Biddle - Textile Artist Ceri Biddle is a textile artist working from a peedie studio in the Orkney Islands working with dye, print, resist, quilting, embroidery and photography. View Details Facilities Parking Not Accessible
Virtual Orkney Hoy Heritage Centre Based in the island of Hoy in Orkney, Hoy Heritage Centre is a community run venue sharing the stories of Hoy with visitors and locals. We are housed in a former kirk and our community is the parish formerly served by Hoy Kirk. We hold exhibitions and events, we house a natural history browsing library and we are establishing a community archive. View Details Facilities Disabled WC WC Refreshments Parking Limited Access
In Person Orkney Kirkwall Sheriff Court Kirkwall Sheriff Court was opened on 27 August 1877. The building was designed by David Bryce, one of Scotland's most important Victorian architects. The courthouse sits between the Historic Scotland sites of the Earls and Bishops Palaces. The building has one courtroom and sheriff chambers as well as office accommodation for the Sheriff clerk depute and the Procurator Fiscal Service. View Details Facilities Disabled WC WC Hearing Loop Limited Access
Virtual Orkney Orkney Archive Orkney Archive has been in existence since 1973. It is primarily an Archive of Orkney Islands Council records, but also collects and looks after archives which describe all aspects of Orkney life through the centuries. View Details Facilities
Virtual,In Person Orkney The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre sits on 3.5 acres on the A967 in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage Site; ‘The Heart of Neolithic Orkney’. It is located in Sandwick, just three miles from the Ring of Brodgar, the Ness of Brodgar archaeological dig and the Standing Stones of Stenness and only two miles from the Stone Age village, Skara Brae, which sits in Skaill Bay on the North West Atlantic coast of Orkney’s Mainland Island. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Disabled WC WC
Virtual Orkney The Orkney News The Orkney News is not for profit, free to view media based in Orkney. It reports on factual news, reviews and the diverse range of opinions to be found in our community. The Orkney News has a website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channel. It welcomes contributions from its readers. View Details Facilities
In Person Orkney The Pier Arts Centre The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness houses a Collection of British fine art including works by Barbara Hepworth & Ben Nicholson as well as local artists such as Sylvia Wishart & Stanley Cursiter & contemporary artists Sean Scully & Eva Rothschild. The Centre also curates a year round programme of exhibitions & events. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Disabled WC WC Hearing Loop
