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Kirkwall harbour with nearly 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) of quay edge is the second commercial hub for Orkney after Hatston. There is a Marina, and support for fishing and dive vessels. After extensive work on harbour facilities, the town has become a popular cruise ship stop, with several ships
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meaning "church bay", the settlement having been established by the Norse in the 11th century. As late as 1525 the name is recorded as Kirkevaag. This became in time "Kirkwaa" and then eventually Kirkwall - but how the second syllable came to be spelled "wall" is not certain. MacBain quotes
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arriving each week in the season. This has added to the prosperity of the town and allowed a thriving sector of independently owned shops. Each year now, 140 cruise ships visit Kirkwall and Stromness.
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Orkney Theatre, a 384-seat venue, was opened in 2014 next to Kirkwall Grammar School in The Meadows. It has an orchestra pit which can be made available for use by removing two rows of seats.
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Weaving in Orkney took place from Viking times, with John Sclater & Co involved in Tweed production in Kirkwall in the 1970s. They used the brand names Norsaga and Jarltex.
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The population of Kirkwall is continuously on the rise. The population rose from 6,205 in 2001 to 9,293 in 2011 to reach an estimated 10,020 in 2020.
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and his wife in 1909. The building survives, although the library has since moved to a larger building on Junction Road which opened in August 2003.
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On the western edge of the town, surrounded by Hatston Industrial Estate, there is a prehistoric monument, known as the "Grain Earth House" (see
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Kirkwall Grammar School Sports Centre has indoor sports facilities, and grass and synthetic pitches, available to the public.
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in Tankerness House, which contains items of local historical interest within one of Scotland's best-preserved 16th-century
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from the original church survives within the late 19th-century structure of the present-day Saint Olaf's Church (
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Although sometimes referred to as "The City and Royal Burgh of Kirkwall" Kirkwall is not technically a city.
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structures remains unknown. Further west, towards Grimbister, there is a similar structure, known as
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operated steamer services to Kirkwall from 1836, with successor companies operating until 2002.
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Kirkwall is the administrative centre of Orkney, and the site of the headquarters of both
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and 528 mi (850 km) north of London. It is situated on the northern coast of
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main campus is situated in Kirkwall, in a purpose-built building that opened in 2000.
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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, European Geosciences Union 4 (2)
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between the Uppies and the Doonies, each team representing one half of the town.
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Kirkwall has many 17th–18th-century houses and other structures in the local
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and a transport hub with ferries to many locations. It is the centre of the
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which is centred on Kirkwall each midsummer. Notable music acts such as
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of Norway. One late medieval doorway survives from this church, and an
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Climate data for Kirkwall, 26m asl, 1991–2020 normals, Extremes 1951–
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collections are of international importance. The other museum is the
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is in Kirkwall. Kirkwall also has the most northerly of the world's
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Jakobsen writes that the name is "erroneously spelt 'Kirkwall' ".
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was born in Kirkwall, and many of her films (in particular the
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The dialect and place names of Shetland; two popular lectures
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The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints
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in the year 1046, when it was recorded as the residence of
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and is also a popular stopping off point for cruise ships.
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Glimpses of Kirkwall and its people in the olden time
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Listen to recordings of a speaker of Kirkwall Scots
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Index

Dragon Age II § Setting
Scots

Kirkwall is located in Orkney Islands
Orkney
Density
Demonym
OS grid reference
HY449109
Edinburgh
London
Council area
Orkney
Lieutenancy area
Orkney
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
KW15
Dialling code
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK Parliament
Orkney and Shetland

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