Paddleboarding spots in Orkney Islands
59 launch spots across Orkney Islands
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SeaHackness put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is at Hackness on South Walls, next to the Hackness Martello Tower and Battery, Napoleonic-era defences built in 1813-1815 to protect merchant convoys sheltering in the bay of Longhope. The tower and battery are currently closed for conservation work, though the exterior remains viewable on foot.
SeaHackness put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is at Hackness on South Walls, a short distance from the Hackness Martello Tower and Battery, which guarded the entrance to the bay of Longhope during the Napoleonic Wars.
SeaGrimbister put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the shore of the Bay of Firth near the hamlet of Grimbister on Orkney Mainland, in the parish of Firth. The bay is a sheltered tidal inlet holding two small islands, Damsay and the Holm of Grimbister.
SeaGrimbister put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is on the Bay of Firth shore closer to Finstown than to Grimbister itself, on the western side of the bay on Orkney Mainland.
SeaBurray put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandA slipway on Pier Road in Burray village, on the island's southwest coast. Burray was formerly a fishing port and lies on the east side of Scapa Flow, reached from Mainland Orkney via the Churchill Barriers.
SeaBroughton put-in (Pierowall)
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway lies in the Broughton area of Pierowall on Westray, a short distance from Gill Pier, and opens onto Pierowall Bay. Pierowall is the island's main village and takes its name from the Old Norse for "small bay".
SeaBroughton put-in (Pierowall)
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is at Gill Pier, the harbour at the north end of Pierowall on Westray, which also serves the passenger ferry to Papa Westray and a small fishing fleet. It opens onto Pierowall Bay, overlooked by the ruined Noltland Castle.
SeaBirsay put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the shore road at the western end of Birsay village, about 650 metres from the tidal causeway to the Brough of Birsay. It launches onto Birsay Bay, the stretch of coast in front of the village that local businesses on this shore, including the Birsay Bay Tearoom, take their name from, with the tidal Sound of Birsay a short walk further along the shore.
SeaBalfour put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is at Balfour, the main village on the island of Shapinsay, at the western end of Elwick Bay, a sheltered anchorage facing the Orkney Mainland. The Shapinsay ferry uses the same slipway on its run to Kirkwall.
SeaBackaland put-in
Orkney Islands, ScotlandBackaland is Eday's ferry pier on the island's east coast, where Orkney Ferries runs daily sailings to and from Kirkwall. A slipway sits beside the pier, with a public toilet nearby. The water off Backaland forms part of Eday Sound, the channel separating Eday from Sanday.
SeaSourin slipway, Rousay
Orkney Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits on Nethermill Road in the Sourin district on the east coast of Rousay, Orkney, launching onto Rousay Sound near the Holm of Scockness. The sound separates Rousay from Egilsay, runs strong tidal streams that support maerl beds, and has been a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area since 2014.
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