Private company
Pentland Ferries
Logo: Pentland Ferries, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Private ferry company in Scotland
Pentland Ferries is a privately owned, family company which has operated a ferry service between Gills Bay in Caithness, Scotland and St Margaret's Hope on South Ronaldsay in Orkney since May 2001. The company is one of only two major vehicle ferry operators within Scotland not owned by, or contracted to run a public service for, the Scottish Government or local authorities.2 It is headquartered in Orkney Islands.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrytransport1
- HeadquartersOrkney Islands1
- Websitewww.pentlandferries.co.uk
- Legal formPrivate Unlimited3
- LEI2138004HHY2N54HLFD333
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressCEOL NA MARA, KW17 2SW Orkney, United Kingdom3
- Registered withCompanies House, SC1712833
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Pentland Ferries is a privately owned, family company which has operated a ferry service between Gills Bay in Caithness, Scotland and St Margaret's Hope on South Ronaldsay in Orkney since May 2001. The company is one of only two major vehicle ferry operators within Scotland not owned by, or contracted to run a public service for, the Scottish Government or local authorities.2
Timeline
- 1997Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.pentlandferries.co.uk1
- WikipediaPentland Ferries
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ17016927
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataPentland Ferries on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPentland Ferries on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsPentland Ferries logo by Pentland Ferries, Public domain
- 5Wikimedia CommonsPentland Ferries photo by Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0