Book a Stromness Ferry

Stromness ferry port in Orkney Islands connects you with Scrabster in Scotland with a choice of up to 21 ferry crossings per week. The duration of the Stromness to Scrabster crossing is from 1 hour 30 minutes and the crossing is operated by Northlink Ferries.

Stromness

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Stromness Ferry Services

  • Northlink Ferries
    • 3 Sailings Daily 1 hr 30 min
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Stromness Guide

Stromness has to be one of the most enchanting ports at which to arrive by boat, its picturesque waterfront a procession of tiny sandstone jetties and slate roofs nestling below the green hill of Brinkies Brae. Its natural sheltered harbour (known as Hamnavoe) must have been used in Viking times, but the town itself only really took off in the eighteenth century.

The old town of Stromness still hugs the shoreline, its one and only street, a narrow winding affair, built long before the advent of the motor car, still paved with great flagstones and fed by a tight network of alleyways or closes. The central section, which begins at the Stromness Hotel, is known as Victoria Street. On the east side of the street the houses are gable-end-on to the waterfront, and originally each one would have had its own pier, from which merchants would trade with passing ships.

How To Get To Stromness Ferry Port

  • Stromness Ferry Port Address

    Ferry Road, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3BH

  • Stromness Accommodation

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