St Margaret's Hope

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 10° · 44% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:36Sunset 16:14

8h 38m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

8 reported road collisions (2025)

5 killed or seriously injured · 9 casualties · 3.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£216,479 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Orkney Islands · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Church Road Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Occasional Licence - Sarah Weir - Birsay Community Hall - Pantomime
• Occasional Licence - Westray Golf Club - Westray Community Hall - Harvest Home
• Occasional Licence - Duncan McLean - Stromness Town Hall - Wine Tasting and Film Evening - 31 October 2026
• New Council Loan Scheme Aims to Bring Empty Homes Back Into Use for Orkney's Essential Workers
• Occasional Licence - Alexandre Lebert - Scapa Distillery - William Shearers Christmas Shop - 12 - 13 December 2026

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
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens117
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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 100%

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 · 13,821 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months157 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government132 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills106 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks85 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  St Margaret's Hope · 0.1 km

  St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwal…

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  Hoxa, Orkney · 2.1 km

  Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road.

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  Herston, Orkney · 3.1 km

  Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now in…

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  Hunda · 3.4 km

  Hunda is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is 100 hectares (0.39 sq mi) in extent and rises to 42 metres (138 ft) above sea level. It is situated in Scapa Flow and connected to the nearby…

• Burray · 4.1 km

  Burray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow and is one of a chain of islands linked by the Churchill Barriers.

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  South Ronaldsay · 4.4 km

  South Ronaldsay is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland. It is linked to the Orkney Mainland by the Churchill Barriers, running via Burray, Glimps Holm and Lamb Holm.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)