Kirkwall harbour with St Magnus Cathedral at golden hour

Kirkwall, Orkney

Kirkwall Apartments & Self-Catering Flats

Self-catering flats and apartments in the middle of Kirkwall — your own kitchen, your own front door, and the cathedral a few minutes' walk away.

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All apartments & self-catering flats we list in Kirkwall

40 properties, with the street or area each one sits on. Prices and availability are shown on Booking.com when you open a property.

Apartments & Self-Catering Flats in Kirkwall

A Kirkwall flat suits the trip where you want to cook your own breakfast, dry your boots overnight and come and go without passing a front desk. Most of what is listed here sits in the old part of town — Bridge Street, Victoria Street, West Castle Street, Frasers Close and Junction Road — so the shops, the harbour and St Magnus Cathedral are all on foot. Sizes run from a one-bedroom studio for two up to three-bedroom flats sleeping six, which makes them a practical alternative to booking two hotel rooms. If you would rather have breakfast cooked for you, the Kirkwall guest houses are the other side of the same coin.

What "self-catering" actually gets you

A kitchen you can use properly, rather than a kettle and a tray. That matters more in Orkney than it might elsewhere: ferry days start early, the weather can rearrange your plans at short notice, and being able to feed yourself at 07:00 or 21:00 without hunting for somewhere open is worth a lot.

Where the flats are

The town-centre ones are genuinely central — several are addressed as flats on Bridge Street and Victoria Street, above the shops on the old flagstone streets. A few sit slightly out, around the Meadows and Laing Street, which usually buys you parking. A handful of listings are further out of town altogether, so check the address on the property page before you book if walking distance matters.

Good for families and longer stays

The two- and three-bedroom flats sleep four to six and give everyone somewhere to sit that is not the end of a bed. For a stay of more than a couple of nights, a washing machine and a fridge tend to matter more than a hotel bar.

Features & Amenities

Own kitchen, not a kettle and tray
One-bedroom studios up to three-bedroom flats
Sleeps two to six
Town-centre addresses on and off Victoria Street
Off-street parking at some of the out-of-centre flats
Suited to longer stays and early ferry mornings