How to find Unigar

  /  How to find Unigar

If you’re arriving in Orkney on the NorthLink ferry from Scrabster to Stromness…

  • Drive off the ferry, turn right onto Ferry Road
  • Continue to the roundabout and go straight ahead on the A965 for 1 mile 
  • Turn left for Birsay (A966) and, after 3 miles, continue sharp right to Birsay (A967)
  • Continue for 4 miles and then turn left at the sign for Quoyloo.

Unigar Cottages are 1 mile further on, on the right-hand side of the road and before you come to the Orkney Brewery.

If you’re arriving in Orkney on the NorthLink ferry into Kirkwall from Aberdeen or Shetland

  • Drive off the ferry and, at the end of the road leading through the harbour, turn right onto the slip road 
  • Turn right at the junction onto the A965 Stromness
  • Go through the village of Finstown
  • After 0.6 miles turn right for Dounby A986
  • Drive through Dounby village and take the 3rd left Swartland Road. Drive 2 miles
  • Turn left at junction A965 Stromness
  • Continue for 0.4 miles and then turn right
  • Unigar Cottages is 1 mile on the right

from Pentland Ferries St Margaret’s Hope

  • Drive off the ferry and take the A961 to Kirkwall after approx. 15 miles
  • After reaching the outskirts of Kirkwall, drive past Highland Park Distillery and follow the road as it turns left, down the hill towards the Balfour Hospital.
  • Turn right at the roundabout near the hospital and continue until the next roundabout. 
  • Take 1st left; continue to the next roundabout at the filling station
  • Take 1st left onto the A965 to Stromness
  • Go through the village of Finstown and, after 0.6 miles, turn right for Dounby A986
  • Drive through Dounby village and take the 3rd left onto Swartland Road

Drive for 2 miles and turn left at junction A965 for Stromness

  • Continue for 0.4 miles, then turn right
  • Unigar Cottages is 1 mile on the right
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