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About St Margaret's Hope

St Margaret's Hope is the main village on South Ronaldsay, the southernmost of the Orkney islands linked to the Mainland by the Churchill Barriers.

The village takes its name from Margaret, Maid of Norway, the young Queen of Scotland who is said to have died here in 1290 on her voyage from Norway to claim the Scottish throne.

Its harbour, lined with traditional stone cottages, gives the village a charm that draws visitors, and the annual Boys' Ploughing Match — where local boys plough miniature furrows on the beach — is one of Orkney's most distinctive traditions.

The Pentland Firth ferry terminal at St Margaret's Hope connects Orkney to Gills Bay on the Scottish mainland, providing a shorter crossing than the Scrabster route.

About Orkney

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Orkney is an archipelago of around 70 islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland, separated from Caithness by the Pentland Firth — one of the most powerful tidal races in Europe.

Of those 70 islands, roughly 20 are inhabited, and most of the population of around 22,000 lives on the largest island, known simply as the Mainland, where the towns of Kirkwall and Stromness serve as the administrative and cultural centres.

Orkney's history stretches back over 5,000 years. The Heart of Neolithic Orkney — a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising Skara Brae, Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar, and the Stones of Stenness — represents some of the best-preserved prehistoric sites anywhere in northern Europe. The islands were under Norse rule for around 600 years, and that Scandinavian heritage remains visible in place names, dialect, and culture.

The islands are reached by ferry from Scrabster and Aberdeen, and by air from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Inverness. Orkney's economy is built on agriculture, fishing, renewable energy, whisky, and tourism, and the islands have a quality of life consistently rated among the highest in Scotland.