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Hoxa Head walk in South Ronaldsay

Hoxa Head walk in Orkney Islands, South Ronaldsay is a track (dirt track) and runs in a north-south direction.

Road Type
track
Route
north-south

Bus stops

  • Doctors Road End – approx. 4,3 km.
  • Cromarty Hall – approx. 4,3 km.
  • Ferry Terminal – approx. 4,3 km.
  • Post Office – approx. 4,4 km.
  • Car Park – approx. 4,5 km.
  • Church Road End – approx. 4,6 km.
  • St Margaret's Road End – approx. 4,6 km.
  • Knockhall – approx. 5,0 km.
  • Starilie – approx. 6,0 km.

Attraction

  • Sands of Wright – approx. 2,1 km.
  • Museum – approx. 4,2 km.
  • Start - South Ronaldsay West Coast Walk – approx. 4,5 km.

Shelter

  • waiting room (basic_hut) – approx. 2,1 km.

Hostel

  • Backpackers Hostel – approx. 4,3 km.

Stations

  • Saint Margaret's Hope - Gills Bay Ferry Terminal – approx. 4,4 km.

Laundries

  • Marengo laundrette – approx. 4,6 km.

Tourist information offices

  • Balfour Coast Battery – approx. 150 m.
  • Orkney Walks Hoxa Head. Short walk of 1.5 miles passing the Battery sites of Hoxa and Balfour – approx. 750 m.

Gallery

  • Hoxa Tapestry Gallery – approx. 1,2 km.

Artwork

  • Propeller – approx. 4,3 km.

Craft shops

  • The Workshop + Loft Gallery at Front Road (KW17 2SL) – approx. 4,3 km.

Recycling centres

  • St Margaret's Hope Recycling Site (recycling centre) (KW17 2TG) – approx. 4,6 km.

Fast food restaurants

  • The Grill – approx. 4,6 km.

Roads nearby

Uppertown Road
Uppertown, Uppertown Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery (WW2), Orkney Walks Hoxa Head, Hoxa Tapestry Gallery
1,6 km
Hoxa Road
1,8 km
Herston Road
2,0 km
Lowertown Road
Lowertown
3,6 km

Barns nearby

The site of Herston Village School
2,1 km
Newbigging
3,2 km

Beaches nearby

Sands of Wright
2,2 km

Body of waters nearby

disused quarry
2,9 km

Buildings nearby

Hoxa Head Lighthouse
250 m
Hoxa Battery
400 m
Hall of Hoxa
2,0 km
Roeberry Farmhouse
2,4 km
Herston Hall (former mission hall)
2,8 km
Olad Burn
3,0 km
Kirkhouse Mill (former watermill)
3,5 km

Bunkers nearby

Air raid shelter (ruins)
3,0 km

Cliffs nearby

Roeberry Taing
2,2 km

Farm buildings nearby

Heatherum
3,7 km

Farmhouses nearby

Roeberry Farm
2,3 km

Farmyards nearby

Uppertown
1,7 km
Quoybanks
3,2 km
Harrabrough aka Newcommon
3,3 km
Hools
3,5 km
Farewell
3,5 km
Kirkhouse Farm
3,6 km
Myre
3,6 km
Heads
3,6 km

Houses nearby

Midtown
2,2 km
Kirkhouse 1
3,5 km
Oback
3,8 km

Meadows nearby

Hall of Herston
2,4 km

Military areas nearby

Ruins of Radar and anti-aircraft battery
1,8 km
Part of a former REME base (WW2)
2,1 km
Search light (ruins)
2,9 km
Buchanan Battery (ruins)
2,9 km
Dispersed beam search light (ruins)
2,9 km
Emergency observation post (ruins)
2,9 km
Dispersed beam search light (ruins)
2,9 km
Water tower (ruins)
3,0 km
Engine room (ruins)
3,0 km
Fuel store (ruins)
3,0 km
Transmitter/Receiver station (ruins)
3,0 km
Port War Signal Station (ruins)
3,0 km

Rocks nearby

Nevi Skerry
2,9 km

Ruins nearby

Quoy (ruins)
3,1 km

Straits nearby

Sound of Hoxa
3,3 km

Streams nearby

Oback Burn
3,5 km

Other nearby

Gills Bay - St Margaret's Hope ferry
1000 m
Howe of Hoxa - broch (Iron Age)
2,4 km