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Sheila Fleet Kirk Gallery

A jeweller's gallery and café in a converted Orkney kirk.

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Welcome

Sheila Fleet has been designing jewellery in Orkney for fifty years, and the enamelled colours she is known for come off the islands themselves: the blue-greens of the sea, the ochres of the winter hill, the north lights.

The Kirk Gallery at Tankerness is a converted church: the work is shown where the pews were, the workshop is close by, and there is a café for lunch. Everything is designed and made on Orkney.

A short drive awayLynnfield HotelA small country-house hotel above Kirkwall, with a peat fire, over 300 malts and a restaurant built on Orkney produce.13 min by roadSee itA chocolate and redcurrant dessert with honeycomb, drawn in chocolate on a white plate, the Lynnfield.
Before you go
How long
Three quarters of an hour to two hours
Their website
sheilafleet.com
Telephone
01856 861758
Where it is

Tankerness, Orkney.

Close byThe rest of Orkney, near at hand.
  1. Highland Park Distillery's stone buildings and cobbled yard lit by lamps at dusk.Highland Park DistilleryOrkney's whisky distillery on the edge of Kirkwall since 1798, with tours, tastings without booking and a shop.6 miles12 min by road
  2. St Magnus CathedralSt Magnus CathedralBegun in 1137 for a murdered earl, and still the centre of Kirkwall.6 miles12 min by road
  3. The children's corner of the Orcadian Bookshop, shelves of picture books above small chairs and a table.The Orcadian BookshopThe Orcadian newspaper's bookshop on Albert Street, Kirkwall, for Orkney books, maps and gifts.6 miles12 min by road
  4. Orkney Wireless MuseumRadio, radar and wartime listening on Scapa Flow, at Kiln Corner.6 miles12 min by road
  5. A plate of seared scallops with asparagus and potato at Helgi's.Helgi’sA small Viking-themed pub on the Kirkwall harbour front, with home-cooked food and a good run of malts; over 18s only.6 miles12 min by road
Directions
A chocolate and redcurrant dessert with honeycomb, drawn in chocolate on a white plate, the Lynnfield.RestaurantsLynnfield Hotel5.6 miles
AttractionsThe Orkney Distillery6.7 miles
A barrier of stone blocks and its road from directly above, a rusting blockship in the green water beside it.AttractionsChurchill Barriers7.5 miles
The white and red front of the Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm, a path leading up to it under a stormy sky.AttractionsItalian Chapel8.0 miles
The Foveran's dining room, tartan chairs at laid tables and big windows onto the fields and Scapa Flow.RestaurantsThe Foveran8.3 miles
Wooden steps down through the dunes to the beach at Glimps Holm, the barrier and the sea beyond.AttractionsGlimps Holm Beach9.1 miles
A cappuccino and a slice of iced cake on white plates at Polly Kettle.RestaurantsPolly Kettle12 miles
RestaurantsThe Murray Arms14 miles
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