In season, this crescent beach area is full of wildflowers. Facilities include a parking area and toilet block.

Every August the annual Boy's Ploughing Match is held here, where the locals take handmade miniature wooden ploughs to the sand to test their skills.

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3. View of Hoxa Sound – Sands of Wright Beach loop from Hoxa

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Location: South Ronaldsay, Orkney islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Sands of Wright Beach

1. Hoxa Head and the Sands of Wright Loop

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