Depending on your preference or travel requirements, there are a number of different ways to get to Orkney.
If you prefer to travel by ferry, there are three locations from which you can travel to Orkney.

These are Aberdeen, Scrabster or Gills Bay in Caithness.
The routes are more detailed below:
 
Departure                   Arrival                                 Operator

Aberdeen                    Kirkwall                              Northlink Ferries
Scrabster                    Stromness                           Northlink Ferries
Gills Bay                     St Margaret’s Hope            Pentland Ferries
John O’ Groats           Burwick                               John O’ Groats Ferries

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General Information

Destination Orkney
The Travel Centre, Kirkwall
Tel: 01856 872856
www.orkney.com

Pentland Ferries
Pier Road, St Margaret’s Hope, Orkney, KW17 2SW
Head Office: 01856 831 226
[email protected]
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John o'Groats ferry (passenger only ferry)
Ferry Office, John O’Groats, Caithness
Tel: 01955 611353
www.jogferry.co.uk/Home.aspx

Orkney ferries
Tel: 01856 872044
Operate between Kirkwall harbour on Mainland Orkney and Stronsay.
Timetables are available on the website (North Isles service).
www.orkneyferries.co.uk
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North Link Ferries
Stromness Ferry Terminal, Ferry Road, Stromness, KW16 3BH
Tel: 0845 6000 449
operate between mainland Scotland and Mainland Orkney.
www.northlinkferries.co.uk


Should you wish to fly, Kirkwall airport provides easy access to the Orkney Islands from Scotland’s major cities, Shetland and Norway.

Logan Air
Reservations Tel: 0344 800 2855
Calling from overseas? +44 141 642 9407
Flies from Mainland Scotland to Mainland Orkney and also offer inter isles flights to Stronsay from Kirkwall.
www.loganair.co.uk

Kirkwall Airport
Kirkwall
Tel: 01856 872420
www.hial.co.uk/kirkwall-airport/