Broughtown

{{Short description|Village on Sanday in Orkney, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| static_image_name = Sanday Parish Church near Broughtown (geograph 1899006).jpg

| static_image_caption = Sanday Parish Church, Broughtown

| label_position = left

| coordinates = {{coord|59.255|-2.598|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Broughtown

| scots_name = Brochtoun

| population =

| shire_district =

| civil_parish = Cross and Burness

| unitary_scotland = Orkney

| metropolitan_borough =

| metropolitan_county =

| region =

| lieutenancy_scotland = Orkney

| constituency_westminster = Orkney and Shetland

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Orkney

| historic_county =

| post_town = ORKNEY

| postcode_district = KW17

| postcode_area = KW

| dial_code = 01856

| os_grid_reference = HY659410

}}

Broughtown is a village on the island of Sanday, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Cross and Burness.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/pardetails70.html|title=Details of Parish of Cross and Burness|publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=1 January 2015}} Sanday Airport is adjacent to the eastern side of the village and Kettletoft is to the south. The B9068 road runs south to north, through Broughtown, connecting Kettletoft with Scar. Meanwhile, the B9070 road runs south-west from Broughtown, and south beyond Braeswick, to the Sanday ferry terminal at Spur Ness.{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=B9070|title=B9070|publisher=Sabre|accessdate=1 January 2015}}

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