Paddleboarding spots in Orkney Islands
59 launch spots across Orkney Islands
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SeaSandwick Bay slipway
Orkney Islands, ScotlandSandwick Bay is a small coastal inlet on South Ronaldsay in Orkney, near the hamlet of Sandwick. A slipway on a short pier here gives direct launch access to the bay.
SeaHerston put-in, Widewall Bay
Orkney Islands, ScotlandA slipway in the village of Herston on South Ronaldsay's west coast, on Widewall Bay. Herston was historically a fishing village, and a wreck in the bay, the WWI-era ship Monarch, appeared in the video for the Eurythmics song "Here Comes the Rain Again".
SeaSmiddybanks Pier
Orkney Islands, ScotlandA named pier and slipway at Lowertown on the shore of St Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay, a short walk from the village's main harbour.
SeaRoeberry put-in (Hoxa)
Orkney Islands, ScotlandA slipway at Roeberry, near the hamlet of Hoxa on the west coast of South Ronaldsay, close to the Howe of Hoxa broch. This stretch of coast faces Scapa Flow, roughly a mile west of St Margaret's Hope by road.
SeaSt Margaret's Hope pier
Orkney Islands, ScotlandA cobbled pier and slipway in St Margaret's Hope harbour, South Ronaldsay, where Pentland Ferries runs a service across the Pentland Firth to Gills Bay on the Scottish mainland. The village has shops, a cafe, a pub and a wine bar within walking distance.
SeaWyng slipway, Longhope
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is at Wyng on South Walls, on the shore of Longhope, the long natural harbour that separates South Walls from Hoy and gives the village of Longhope its name. The RNLI has run a lifeboat from Longhope since 1874, so the anchorage sees working lifeboat traffic alongside any paddling.
SeaPentland Skerries landing
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThe Pentland Skerries are a group of four uninhabited islands in the Pentland Firth south-east of South Ronaldsay, with Muckle Skerry the largest and home to two lighthouses built in 1794. This mapped landing sits on the Skerries, reached only by a sea crossing rather than from a road.
SeaLyness put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is on Hoy's Scapa Flow shore at Lyness, site of the former Royal Navy base HMS Proserpine and now home to the Scapa Flow Museum. An Orkney Ferries roll-on roll-off service still links Lyness to Houton on the Orkney Mainland and to the island of Flotta.
SeaLowertown put-in (St Margaret's Hope)
Orkney Islands, ScotlandA slipway in Lowertown, a hamlet on Pier Road at the edge of St Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay. It is marked on nautical charts as a small-craft facility and opens onto the sheltered bay after which the village is named, off Water Sound.
SeaLowertown put-in (St Margaret's Hope)
Orkney Islands, ScotlandA slipway in Lowertown, close to Smiddybanks Pier and around 400 metres from the main St Margaret's Hope harbour, on the shore of the sheltered bay off Water Sound.
SeaAith Hope put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway launches onto Aith Hope, a bay on the south side of the Ayre causeway linking South Walls to Hoy, a little further along the shore from two other harvested slipways in the same small bay.
SeaAith Hope put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway launches onto Aith Hope, a bay on the south side of the Ayre causeway linking South Walls to Hoy, within the wider Longhope area of South Walls.
SeaAith Hope put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway launches onto Aith Hope, a bay on the south side of the Ayre, the causeway that joins South Walls to Hoy. It falls within the wider Longhope area of South Walls, Orkney.
SeaLonghope put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is on the Longhope inlet near Longhope village, the main settlement on South Walls, Orkney.
SeaLonghope put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway launches onto Longhope, the sheltered inlet that separates South Walls from Hoy, close to Longhope village. Longhope has been home to an RNLI lifeboat since 1874.
SeaLonghope Pier put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits by Longhope Pier, on the Longhope inlet between South Walls and Hoy, where the RNLI's Longhope lifeboat has been based since the station moved from Brims in 1999. The earlier boathouse at Brims later reopened as the Longhope Lifeboat Museum.
SeaKirkwall put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is on Grainshore Road on the north side of Kirkwall's harbour, launching into Kirkwall Bay among the town's working harbour buildings.
SeaKirkwall put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is at Crowness Place at the northern end of Kirkwall's harbour, near the town's industrial pier area, launching into Kirkwall Bay.
SeaKirkwall put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is on Grainshore Road, close to another mapped put-in on the same stretch of Kirkwall's harbour front, launching into Kirkwall Bay.
SeaKirkwall put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is on Harbour Street in the centre of Kirkwall, launching directly into Kirkwall Bay, the harbour the town grew up around on Orkney Mainland's north coast. Scapa Flow lies about a mile and a half to the south.
SeaKirkwall put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits at Kiln Corner beside Kirkwall's ferry terminal, launching into Kirkwall Bay a short walk from the town centre.
SeaCalfsound jetty
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits on Eday's coast a couple of kilometres south of Calfsound, the island's main northern settlement near Carrick House. The specific bay or inlet it opens onto is not separately named on available maps.
SeaHouton put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandA slipway on the Orphir shore of Scapa Flow at Houton, beside the vehicle-ferry terminal Orkney Ferries uses for sailings to Flotta, Longhope and Lyness on Hoy. It sits alongside the ferry hard rather than a dedicated small-boat landing.
SeaHolland put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway serves Holland, a farm settlement on Papa Westray associated with Holland House, a historic farm complex south of Mickelgarth village with an associated folk museum. It sits on the island's coast; the specific bay is not separately named on available maps.
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