WHEEMS ORGANIC FARM
SELF CATERING BOTHY & CAMPING
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ORKNEY MAP & ORKNEY FERRIES
Organic Holidays |
Orkney Self Catering & Camping | Scotland
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There are a number of options for travelling to Orkney and a good public transport system on the Islands. ORKNEY FERRIES The easiest way to travel to Wheems Farm is to take Pentland Ferries' Pentalina passenger / car ferry from Gills Bay on Mainland Scotland to St Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay. For information and booking visit www.pentlandferries.co.uk |
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There are three other ferry services, all run by North Link Ferries, from Mainland Scotland to the Orkney Islands. These include 1. passenger ferry (summertime only) from John O'Groats, Scotland, to Burwick, South Ronaldsay; 2. ferry from Aberdeen to the Orkney Islands' capital, Kirkwall - a 1/2 hour drive from Wheems Farm; and, 3. ferry from Scrabster, Scotland, to Stromness, Orkney - a 1 hour drive from Wheems Farm. For information and booking visit www.NorthLinkFerries.co.uk ORKNEY FLIGHTS There are flights to Orkney from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Shetland. Kirkwall Airport is 3 miles east of Kirkwall and 1/2 an hour drive from Wheems Farm. Scheduled flights are provided by Loganair and British Airways. For information and booking visit www.loganair.co.uk or www.britishairways.com INTER-ISLAND TRAVELIsland transport information can be found at the Orkney public transport website. There are Island bus services, ferries and flights between the islands. For information and booking visit www.orkneypublictransport.co.uk |
Travelling to Wheems once on Orkney Mainland
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From St Margaret's Hope , come up the hill and turn right onto the A961, towards Burwick. Turn immediately left at the 1st World War memorial, marked Eastside. Travel along for 1 1/2 miles, passing old church hall on left. Reach cross roads, keep going straight heading towards the sea. Continue down the road, Wheems is the first left turn and is sign-posted. GRID. REF. ND 466 916. OS LANDRANGER MAP No. 7. |
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From John O'Groats,come along the A961 towards Kirkwall. At 1st World War memorial, marked Eastside, turn right, immediately before turning for St Margaret's Hope. Follow instructions above. From Stromness and Kirkwall, take the A961 towards South Ronaldsay. Immediately after turning for St Margaret's Hope and after 1st World War memorial, marked Eastside, turn left. Follow instructions above. |