Incredibly friendly fast and affordable laundry service for those who need fresh clothes on your…read morelong journey through the UK. I turned them in when they opened and was able to easily pick them up during our lunch break before our evening activities. Such a nice thing to be able to do in the area so that I can shop and enjoy the rest of my journey with clean clothes!

Reasonably priced laundromat and dry cleaners. Very clean and in the heart of downtown Kirkwall…read more You can pay and put your wash in, do some window shopping, and come back and throw your clothes in the dryer before heading out for a coffee. The owner is very nice and will get you tokens for just what you need so long as you have cash. No frills cleaner so nothing extra, but just what you need for ordinary washing needs.

This place is full of all sorts of stuff; endless garden supplies, a coffee shop, goldfish, pet…read moreessentials, decorations for the home, fridge magnets, sweetsthe list goes on. At Christmas time their decoration displays are magical and they put on a santa's grotto for the kids.

BBC Radio Orkney is a local radio station which broadcasts on the main Radio Scotland channel at…read morecertain times of the day. Every weekday morning throughout the year (except Christmas and New Year holidays) 'Around Orkney' is broadcast between 7.30 and 8am. This is a news programme with a lot else - there's news, weather, travel information, school closures (if the weather is bad this is where you find out which schools are open), a what's on diary and interviews. The presenters tend to use a lot of local dialect words and many of them are Orcadian with strong local accents, so this is a great way to find out the correct pronounciation of many local placenames. There is a short lunchtime bulletin at 6 minutes to 1, which gives the news headlines and weather. If the weather is bad, this is a great one for finding out whether the ferries are cancelled. In the winter, there's a selection of evening programmes. These range from a request programme, to Bruck (where people give away/swap unwanted items and make requests for items they want), to folk music, rock music, interviews with local characters, quizzes and Orkyology (the Orkney archaeology programme). Oh, and I mustn't forget the Dashing White Farmer. Radio Orkney are a real community radio station - adding a lot of value to the local community and participating in local fundraising, primarily through their annual 5 hour live extravaganza for Children in Need, where around £20,000 is raised annually from the people of Orkney.

sells smashin washing machines and stuff including norfrost freezers which are ace and made locally…read morealso do tellys and most other electricals used to be on the highstreet but they moved out there now but its still the same shop except without toymaster which sucks coz toymaster rulled

this was a good toymaster/ washing machine shop in one where adults could look at boring things and…read morekids could go look at fun toys shame its shut down i was gutted when i saw that last time i visited

this has now closed down in high streetread more