Editing Orkney (section)

====Ferry====
[[File:Ferry at Whale Geo pier, Westray - geograph.org.uk - 33804.jpg|thumb|right|{{MV|Earl Thorfinn}} arrives at [[Westray]]. [[Orkney Ferries]] operate a fleet of inter-island ferries.<ref>[http://www.orkneyferries.co.uk/ "Welcome to Orkney Ferries"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208020048/http://www.orkneyferries.co.uk/ |date=8 February 2007 }}. Orkney Ferries Ltd. Retrieved 16 May 2012.</ref>]]

Ferries serve both to link Orkney to the rest of Scotland, and also to link together the various islands of the Orkney archipelago. Ferry services operate between Orkney and the Scottish mainland and Shetland on the following routes:
* Gills Bay to [[St Margaret's Hope]] (operated by [[Pentland Ferries]])
* John o' Groats to [[Burwick, Orkney|Burwick]] on South Ronaldsay (seasonal passenger only service, operated by John o' Groats Ferries)
* [[Lerwick, Shetland|Lerwick]] to Kirkwall (operated by [[NorthLink Ferries]])
* Aberdeen to Kirkwall (operated by NorthLink Ferries)
* [[Scrabster Harbour]], [[Thurso]] to [[Stromness]] (operated by NorthLink Ferries)

Inter-island ferry services connect all the inhabited islands to Orkney Mainland and are operated by [[Orkney Ferries]], a company owned by Orkney Islands Council. The isles of [[Westray]], [[Papa Westray]] (or Papay), [[North Ronaldsay]], [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]], [[Eday]], [[Stronsay]], and [[Shapinsay]] are served from Kirkwall harbour, while the northern end of [[Hoy, Orkney|Hoy]] and [[Graemsay]] are served from Stromness harbour, the [[Lyness]] end of Hoy, as well as [[Longhope, Orkney|Longhope]] on [[South Walls]], and [[Flotta]] are served from [[Houton]] on the south of the mainland, and [[Rousay]], [[Egilsay]] and [[Wyre, Orkney|Wyre]] are served from [[Tingwall, Orkney|Tingwall]], in the [[Rendall]] area of the Orkney mainland. As well as this, the {{MV|Golden Mariana}} connects the village of [[Pierowall]] on Westray with Papa Westray - this provides a vital local service for schoolchildren on Papay as well as supplementing existing through sailings from Kirkwall.<ref name=visork/>