Orkney Islands Council

Orkney Islands Council serves the traditional county of Orkney. This includes all of the islands in the archipelago except Stroma which is part of Highland.

All the roads in the council area are non-trunk roads and are maintained by Orkney Islands Council. There are therefore no Transport Scotland routes within the islands.As of 2016, Government Statistics say that the council is responsible for 101.8 miles of A roads; 129.8 miles of B roads and 434.1 miles of other roads.

Principal and Classified Numbered Roads

The following is a list of A and B classified roads that are at least partially managed by the authority:

Route	From	To	Length
A960	Kirkwall	Gritley	9.9 miles	View
A961	Kirkwall	Burwick (South Ronaldsay)	20.3 miles	View
A962	Albert Street	Junction Road	0.06 miles	View
A963	Kiln Corner Roundabout	Holm Road	1.7 miles	View
A964	Kirkwall	Stenness	15.0 miles	View
A965	Kirkwall	Stromness	15.8 miles	View
A966	Finstown	Birsay Bay	17.4 miles	View
A967	North of Stromness	Birsay Bay	11.9 miles	View
A986	Finstown (W)	Twatt	8.2 miles	View
B9041	Burwick	Cleat	1.0 mile	View
B9042	Eastdam	Herston	2.7 miles	View
B9043	St Margaret's Hope	Hoxa	2.5 miles	View
B9044	Water Sound	South Cara	1.3 miles	View
B9045	Sutherland	Kirk Bay	1.8 miles	View
B9046	Whome	Pan	1.1 miles	View
B9047	Osmondwall	Bu	20.3 miles	View
B9048	Lyness	Ore Bay	0.6 miles	View
B9049	Linksness	Quoyness	0.8 miles	View
B9050	Gritley	Skaill	2.2 miles	View
B9051	Gritley	Deer Sound	1.8 miles	View
B9052	St Mary's	Foubister	3.5 miles	View
B9053	Upper Scapa	Scapa Bay	1.0 mile	View
B9054	Harbour	Palace Road	0.5 miles	View
B9055	Stenness	Aith	5.5 miles	View
B9056	Voy	Swannay	8.7 miles	View
B9057	Aith	Evie	9.4 miles	View
B9058	Elwick	Ness of Ork	5.0 miles	View
B9059	Balfour	Sandgarth	3.6 miles	View
B9060	Whitehall Village	South Schoolhouse	4.1 miles	View
B9061	Aith	Millgrip	3.4 miles	View
B9062	Sandybank	Odie	1.7 miles	View
B9063	Backaland	Calfsound	6.1 miles	View
B9064	Wasbister	Westness	8.9 miles	View
B9065	Rousay Ferry Terminal	Trumland House Lodge, Brinian	0.34 miles	View
B9066	Rapness	Rackwick	7.9 miles	View
B9067	Braehead	Nether House	3.3 miles	View
B9068	Kettletoft	Scar	4.5 miles	View
B9069	Kettletoft (N)	Saltess	7.6 miles	View
B9070	Loth	Broughtown	6.3 miles	View
B9148	Kirkwall	Scapa Bay	0.9 miles	View

Classified Unnumbered Roads

Main Article: Orkney Islands Council (Class III roads)

For their Class III road network, the authority uses "C" prefixes.

Junctions

Main Article: Orkney Islands Council (Junctions)

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Orkney Islands Council (Crossings)

Ferries

The islands are connected to Caithness on the mainland by the Scrabster Ferry and the Pentland Ferry, with another service connecting to Aberdeen and Lerwick on Zetland. There is also a network of inter-island ferries operated by the Orkney Islands Council.