Burray Village

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 12° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:40

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Union Street Roadside, United Kingdom

13 reported road collisions (2024)

7 killed or seriously injured · 18 casualties · 5.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 passed
• 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£236,740 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Orkney Islands · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Church Road Car Park (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Occasional Licence - Eoin Harcus - Rendall Community Centre - Wedding - 6 November 2026
• Council Leader welcomes first child
• Occasional Licence - Lodge Odin No 917 Dounby - Masonic Hall, Dounby - Provincial Visitation Meeting, Dinner and Drinks - 30 October 2026
• Occasional Licences x 3 - Katie Macleod - Stromness Community Centre - Community Events - October - November 2026
• Community engagement to get underway on Orkney World Heritage Site Programme

Source: Orkney Islands Council

21,920 residents in Orkney Islands

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Liberal Democrat

Orkney and Shetland

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens89
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£786 median full-time weekly pay

1.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,234 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 98% · Solar 3%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction8.2
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2020-21

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers584 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership196 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s176 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills105 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office84 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Burray · 0.8 km

  Burray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow and is one of a chain of islands linked by the Churchill Barriers.

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  Glimps Holm · 3.3 km

  Glimps Holm or Glims Holm is a small uninhabited islet in Orkney, Scotland. It lies in Holm Sound, one of the eastern entrances to Scapa Flow, between Mainland Orkney and the island of Burray. Nearby is Lamb Holm. The…

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  St Margaret's Hope · 3.4 km

  St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwal…

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  Hunda · 3.7 km

  Hunda is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is 100 hectares (0.39 sq mi) in extent and rises to 42 metres (138 ft) above sea level. It is situated in Scapa Flow and connected to the nearby…

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  Grim Ness · 3.8 km

  Grimness is a cliff-girt headland on the island of South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It is located between Honeysgeo and Skipi Geo and rises to a height of 34 metres above sea level. There is a t…

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  A961 road · 4.1 km

  The A961 is a single-carriageway road on the eastern side of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, connecting the town of Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland to Burwick at the southern end of South Ronaldsay.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)