Scapa distillery, Kirkwall

Name: Scapa distillery
Address: Kirkwall, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1856 873269

#9 among attractions in Kirkwall

Eat and drink, Food and drink, Distillery, Whiskey distillery

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Scapa distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland on the shore of Scapa Flow near the town of Kirkwall. Scapa is the second-northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, 1⁄2 mile south of the Highland Park Distillery. ()

Alternative names: Founded: 1885 (139 years ago)Coordinates: 58°57'49"N, 2°59'6"W

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Kirkwall United Kingdom

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+44 1856 873269

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Scapa distillery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Italian Chapel, The Pickaquoy Centre, St Magnus Cathedral, Bishop's Palace.

6.1 miSE
Unique Catholic chapel built by POWs
Italian Chapel, Lamb Holm
157 min walk • The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in the Orkney Islands. It was built during World War II by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow.
1.5 miN
Outdoor activities, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
38 min walk • The Pickaquoy Centre is a multi-use leisure centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. The arena has 1,600-seat stands, and can be condensed and used as a sports hall, with room for two five a side football pitches.
1.5 miNE
Striking, 12th-century place of worship
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
39 min walk • St Magnus Cathedral dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
1.5 miNE
Stately remains of 2 historic castles
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall
39 min walk • The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It housed the cathedral's first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic church who took his authority from the Archbishop of Nidaros.
5.3 miNE
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
135 min walk • Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour, and designed by Edinburgh architect David Bryce.
1.5 miNE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall
39 min walk • The Earl's Palace is a ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney, its construction began in 1607 and was largely undertaken via forced labour.
1.7 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Orkney Wireless Museum, Kirkwall
43 min walk • 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.
4.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Kirbister, Mainland
105 min walk • The Loch of Kirbister is a small, shallow, somewhat triangular shaped loch on Mainland Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Orphir. It lies 5 mi south west of Kirkwall on cultivated land between two hills. There is a small turf covered islet known as the Groundwater of Holm just off the eastern shore of the loch.
4.5 miNW
Island
Holm of Grimbister
114 min walk • Holm of Grimbister is an inhabited tidal islet in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Located in the Bay of Firth near Finstown it is connected to Mainland Orkney by a causeway.
5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Tankerness, Mainland
129 min walk • Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east.
4.2 miNW
Island
Damsay
107 min walk • Damsay is an islet in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately 18 hectares in extent and rises to only 11 metres above sea level. It is situated in the Bay of Firth north of the Orkney Mainland near Finstown. Nearby is the smaller islet of Holm of Grimbister.