The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre

The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre sits in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.3 miles from the Ring of Brodgar and Stenness Standing Stones and 2 miles from Skara Brae,the Stone Age Village.

It is  a Centre of Orkney Island Heritage and Folk Culture that combines Island legend,Lore and Social customs with traditional music,song and dance.

We offer evenings of Storytelling - Peatfire Tales of Orkney-Guided Heritage Town and Coastal Walks-Crofting Trails and Tales-StoryCircles Workshops and Summer Schools for children and families-Creative  Learning programmes in how to tell stories,story structures,DramaCircles and Storyplays with expressive movement and voice.

Our Power of Story summer schools,courses and workshops are for community groups as well as staff and volunteers who work in education,special education,social care and mental health.

Through the Orkney Islands' oral traditions of storytelling,ballads,sagas, rhymes and poetry share social customs and Folk heritage of the Orkney Fishing and Farming peoples.

Visit our Folk Art Studio,Hamnavoe reminiscence room,Orkney Heritage library and Storytelling Garden of Legend and Lore.

Discover Sea Legends,masks,murals and puppets of Finmen,Selkies,Stone Giants,Trowies and Hogboons.

Listen to the words and music of the 'Fishermen with Ploughs' as George MacKay Brown called these Island people.

Everyone welcome to come along and share the magic of these North Atlantic Islands at the Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre.