St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness.

Hoxa

Village

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1+1⁄4 miles west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road.

Herston

Hamlet

Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive. Herston is situated 2 miles southwest of Gill Bay.

Gill Bay

Type: Locality
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.83431° or 58° 50′ 4″ north

Longitude

-2.97263° or 2° 58′ 22″ west

Open location code

9CCVR2MG+PW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8264608859

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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