Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, plays a background, stationary role in Margot Livesey's The Flight of Gemma Hardy. This is the second location Gemma Hardy makes note of (Livesey 148) on her train ride to Blackbird Hall. In the same passage, Gemma acknowledges her return to the same train platform she stood upon as a child when travelling to the Claypoole School (148).

This is the first location Gemma Hardy makes note of (Livesey 147) on her train ride to Blackbird Hall.

Bibliography:

Livesey, Margot. The Flight of Gemma Hardy. HarperCollins, 2012.

Kirkwall is the largest town (pop. 10,000 as of 2018) of the Orkney Islands. In Chapter 24 of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, Mr. Sinclair takes Gemma here to shop for new clothes and a wedding dress, in preparation for the wedding. It is also the location of the couple's wedding reception. The town itself is not described in detail--the scene primarily takes place in the shop and at the reception--yet Deirdre, the shop employee, remarks, "I hope you get the good weather. And I hope you'll be very, very happy" (Livesey 262).