St Margaret's Hope

[citation needed] St Margaret's Hope is the main settlement of the island of South Ronaldsay.

Situated off Water Sound at the head of a calm bay on the island's northern coast, it is connected to the Orkney Mainland by the A961 road running across the Churchill Barriers.

The village has a primary school, a small blacksmith's museum, a few shops and a cafe, a pub and a wine bar.

The event, which incorporates The Festival of the Horse, is known to have been in existence for at least 200 years, and takes place on the third Saturday of August.

[2] Scant traces of an Iron Age broch can be found in a field off the Ontaft road above the village.