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Museum · Kirkwall · Orkney Islands

Town Hall

Town Hall is a museum you can visit in Kirkwall. Another 8 places to visit lie within 5 km. The first to add nearby is St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, at 100 m.

Where
In Kirkwall
inside the locality
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 17–17°C
In brief

Museum in Kirkwall

Inside Kirkwall

Town Hall is inside Kirkwall’s locality, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month

Afternoons in Kirkwall are warmest in July and August, at 17°C.

Jan7° / 2°135 mm
Feb7° / 2°92 mm
Mar8° / 3°83 mm
Apr10° / 4°69 mm
May13° / 6°56 mm
Jun15° / 8°65 mm
Jul17° / 10°49 mm
Aug17° / 10°65 mm
Sep15° / 9°88 mm
Oct12° / 7°118 mm
Nov9° / 4°131 mm
Dec7° / 2°115 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kirkwall, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kirkwall. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kirkwall’s full climate →
About

Town Hall

Museum.

In Kirkwall, inside the town’s locality.

Type
Museum
Town
in Kirkwall
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Its place on the map

The places near Town Hall are numbered on the map in the order below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kirkwall’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Towns that count Town Hall

Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Kirkwall

7,393 people · 11 places to visit

Make a day of it

More near Town Hall

A visit can add 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 attractions, from 10 places within 15 km.

1CathedralSt Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall100 m away2Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEarl's Palace200 m away3Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBishop's Palace100 m away4MuseumOrkney Museum100 m away5MuseumOrkney Wireless Museum300 m away6Historic houseBalfour Castle6.1 km away7AttractionAttractionHighland Park Distillery1.4 km away8AttractionAttractionScapa Distillery2.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about Town Hall

Where is Town Hall?

Town Hall is in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, inside the town’s locality.

What is Town Hall?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Town Hall?

July and August are the warmest months in Kirkwall, with afternoon highs of 17–17°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Town Hall?

Within 15 km: St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall (100 m), Earl's Palace (200 m), Bishop's Palace (100 m) and Orkney Museum (100 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.