LOCAL INFORMATION
There are public toilets available at:
- Burray Pier: one gents’ toilet and one ladies’ toilet
- Burray Play Park
- 4th Barrier beach: one male toilet, one ladies' toilet and one radar accessible toilet
- Cromarty Square (St Margaret’s Hope): one gents’ toilet and one ladies’/accessible toilet
- Sands of Wright: one ladies' toilet, one gents' toilet and an accessible toilet
Burray Community Association
has a Facebook page giving details of coming events and activities on http://www.facebook.com/groups/454685374651832/
Orkan Adventures Barrier Webcam
Check the barriers before you travel courtesy of Orkan Adventures
http://www.orkanadventures.com/page9.htm
Orkney Weather Forecast
http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/kirkwall?utm_source=forecast&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=homepageweather&utm_content=forecast&utm_term=www.aquatera.co.uk
Tide Table for Burray Ness on the East Side of the barriers
http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EASYTIDE/EasyTide/ShowPrediction.aspx?PortID=0271&PredictionLength=7
Tide Table for St Mary's, Scapa Flow on the West Side of the barriers
http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EASYTIDE/EasyTide/ShowPrediction.aspx?PortID=0281&PredictionLength=7
The Ship Plotter
gives the location and speed of ships in the area at http://www.marinetraffic.com
The local newspaper "The Orcadian"
has a web page that can be accessed on http://www.orcadian.co.uk/
The newspaper can e purchased outside the Burray Hall please take along correct change and place in the box
Orkney Local News can be found on the Radio Orkney Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/BBC-Radio-Orkney/31395967167
Barrier Closure Updates and other OIC updates
https://www.facebook.com/pages/OIC-Updates/155210207847669?ref=hl
OR
https://twitter.com/OIC_Roads
Pentland Ferries run a service from St Margaret's Hope to Gills Bay in Caithness.
http://www.pentlandferries.co.uk/