Home Collections

Home Collections is a houseware shop in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Junction Road. Home Collections is situated nearby to Kirkwall Post Office, as well as near Orkney Wireless Museum.

Opening hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Email: homecollectionsorkney@gmail.com
Type: Houseware shop
Address: 11 Junction Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1LB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orkney Wireless Museum and St Magnus Cathedral.

Orkney Wireless Museum

Museum

Photo: G J Coyne, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Orkney Wireless Museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, houses a collection of domestic and military wireless equipment. It developed from the private collection of the late Jim MacDonald from St Margaret's Hope and marks the importance of wireless communications in Orkney during World War II.

St Magnus Cathedral

Church

Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Magnus Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. St Magnus Cathedral is situated 840 feet south of Home Collections.

The Orkney Museum

Museum

Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Orkney Museum, formerly Tankerness House Museum, is a history museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Run by Orkney Islands Council, the museum covers the history of the Orkney Islands from the Stone Age through the Picts and Vikings to the present day. The Orkney Museum is situated 870 feet south of Home Collections.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkwall and St Ola.

Kirkwall

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirkwall is the chief town of the Orkney Islands, which lie off the north tip of mainland Scotland. With a population of about 10,000 in 2020, Kirkwall has accommodation and other amenities and is the obvious base for exploring these islands.

St Ola

Locality

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St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall.