B9069

The B9069 is the longest of the three classified roads on Sanday in Orkney's Northern Isles.

Eastern Sanday

The route begins at a junction with the B9068 to the north of Kettletoft and heads east, dropping down to the shore of Kettletoft Bay. It then curves across the neck of Ouse Point and on along the coast of the Little Sea, which at low water becomes a vast beach. The road passes over a small stone bridge near Little Isegarth; otherwise the road is generally of a reasonable width, although not quite S2. At length it passes a cemetery and turns inland, winding across the fields in a most uncharacteristic way - most roads on the northern Orkney Islands are dead straight as they run between the rectilinear field patterns, but not the B9069 which follows a series of curves to reach Lady Village, where there is a crossroads with the Otterswick road that crosses the island. The island's war memorial is also located at this crossroads.

The road then passes through the village, where the summit of 12m is passed, and continues eastwards dropping down to another vast sandy bay, Cata Sand. A long straight then leads the road past the island's 9-hole golf course up to Newark Farm, on the coast once more. It then continues eastwards, curving along the coast of the wide Bay of Lopness for over 2 miles, rarely deviating far from the beach. As the shore starts to curve southwards, the road continues ahead towards the tip of the North End of Sanday, ending at a road junction near Saltess. The physical road continues to the left as an unclassified route forming a loop around the North Loch back to the B9069, with the left turn continuing east towards Start Point, the islands eastern most point.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Kettlefoft - Nothwall