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Marwick Head Cliffs and Tower – Marwick Head Cliffs and Tower loop from Twatt

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United Kingdom
Scotland
Orkney islands
Birsay

Marwick Head Cliffs and Tower – Marwick Head Cliffs and Tower loop from Twatt

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50

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Marwick Head Cliffs and Tower – Marwick Head Cliffs and Tower loop from Twatt

01:02

3.74km

70m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 18, 2025

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911 m

Marwick Head Cliffs and Bird Colony

Highlight • Beach

The cliffs above Marwick Bay are home to many nesting birds. The bay itself is dominated by a low-tide lagoon between the beach and sea, called the Choin.

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2

1.32 km

Marwick Head Cliffs and Tower

Highlight • Natural Monument

Marwick Head RSPB Nature Reserve is home for up to 25,000 seabirds, making it the largest cliff nesting seabird colony on mainland Orkney.

Fulmars, Razorbills, Kittiwakes, Guillemots, Puffins, potentially Arctic …

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3

1.33 km

Marwick Head Cliffs and Tower

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Please stay on the paths, steep coast with danger of falling at the edges!

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1.58 km

The Kitchener Memorial stands tall over the waters where the HMS Hampshire was sunk after striking a mine, some 2 miles off the coast with the loss of 737 crew in 1916.

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1.83 km

Marwick Head Nature Reserve

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Birdwatching

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6

3.72 km

S.S. Monomoy Boiler Wreck

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The rusty hulk is the remains of a boiler from the S.S. Monomoy, an iron steamship wrecked in a storm back in 1896. One of the ship’s two boilers was flung ashore during a storm in 1985.

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3.74 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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2.74 km

750 m

206 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.74 km

750 m

206 m

< 100 m

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