Finstown

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 12° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:41

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

13 reported road collisions (2024)

7 killed or seriously injured · 18 casualties · 5.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 5 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£236,740 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Orkney Islands · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Asda (9.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Orkney Crofts (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Occasional Licence - Eoin Harcus - Rendall Community Centre - Wedding - 6 November 2026
• Council Leader welcomes first child
• Occasional Licence - Lodge Odin No 917 Dounby - Masonic Hall, Dounby - Provincial Visitation Meeting, Dinner and Drinks - 30 October 2026
• Occasional Licences x 3 - Katie Macleod - Stromness Community Centre - Community Events - October - November 2026
• Community engagement to get underway on Orkney World Heritage Site Programme

Source: Orkney Islands Council

21,920 residents in Orkney Islands

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Liberal Democrat

Orkney and Shetland

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens161
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Section Engineer, Online Computer science Tutoring Job in Finstown – Flexible Schedule, Online Computer science Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£786 median full-time weekly pay

1.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,234 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 98% · Solar 3%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction8.2
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2020-21

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers584 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership196 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s176 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills105 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office84 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  Finstown · 0.1 km

  Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands.

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  Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn · 1.2 km

  Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney, Scotland, about 6 miles west of Kirkwall. It dates to around 3000 BC, and is similar in design to Maeshowe, but on a s…

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  Buckle's Tower · 1.2 km

  Buckle's Tower is a historic stone-built tower upon the Hill of Heddle in Firth, Orkney. The tower was originally built sometime during the 1870s by a local shepherd boy named William Buckle who watched the sheep on t…

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  Mainland, Orkney · 1.2 km

  The Mainland, also known as Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air connections.

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  Holm of Grimbister · 2.0 km

  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.

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  Damsay · 3.1 km

  Damsay is an islet in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately 18 hectares (0.07 sq mi) in extent and rises to only 11 metres (36 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Bay of Firth north of the Ork…

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