Dounby

Dounby
The Smithfield Hotel stands at the crossroads where the A986 and B9057 meet
Dounby Location within Orkney
OS grid reference	HY290207
Civil parish	Birsay
Council area	Orkney Islands
Lieutenancy area	Orkney Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ORKNEY
Postcode district	KW17
Dialling code	01856
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Orkney
List of places UK Scotland 59°04′05″N 3°13′52″W / 59.068°N 3.231°W / 59.068; -3.231Coordinates: 59°04′05″N 3°13′52″W / 59.068°N 3.231°W / 59.068; -3.231

Dounby (UK: /ˈduːnbiː/) is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland.

Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057,^[1][2] and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray (mainly lying in Sandwick). It features a Co-operative Food store,^[3] a doctor's surgery, pharmacy, care home, pub, post office, hairdressers, church and a community school that serve Birsay, Dounby, Harray, Sandwick, Stenness, and Twatt.

The West Mainland Agricultural Show (commonly called the Dounby Show) occurs here every August on the Thursday before the Orkney County Show in Kirkwall. The County show is always the 2nd Saturday in August.

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• Visit Scotland - Dounby
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• J Heslop-Harrison Autobiography: War Service Part 2 "Dounby"

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