{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = Scotland |static_image_name= Dounby - geograph.org.uk - 1446750.jpg |static_image_caption= The Smithfield Hotel stands at the crossroads where the A986 and B9057 meet |coordinates = {{coord|59.068|-3.231|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Dounby |population = |civil_parish=Sandwick, Orkney |unitary_scotland= Orkney Islands |lieutenancy_scotland= Orkney Islands |constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland |constituency_scottish_parliament= Orkney |post_town= ORKNEY |postcode_district = KW17 |postcode_area= KW |dial_code= 01856 |os_grid_reference= HY290207 }}
'''Dounby''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|d|uː|n|b|iː}})<!-- With similarity to the British pronunciation of Dounreay --> 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,{{cn|date=November 2025}} and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray (mainly lying in Sandwick). It features an Asda Express petrol station and store, a doctor's surgery, pharmacy, care home, pub, post office, hairdressers, church and a community school that serve the parishes of Birsay, Harray, & Sandwick which until the 1970s each of the three parishes had its own schools.
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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==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/dounby-p238341 Visit Scotland - Dounby] *[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/2269/details/dounby+click+mill/ Canmore - Dounby, Click Mill site record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214161356/http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/2269/details/dounby+click+mill/ |date=14 December 2014 }} *[http://murrayfoote.com/2014/08/20/dounby-click-mill/ Murray Foote - Dounby Click Mill] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20141211143409/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/genomes/jhhpdfs/6wardoun.pdf J Heslop-Harrison Autobiography: War Service Part 2 "Dounby"]
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Category:Villages on Mainland, Orkney
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