Visiting Sanday and Orkney

Some ideas for your stay here, and some useful links for planning your entertainment during your stay.

Ayre's Rock Facilities

Craft and Gift Shop on-site
Takeaway Chip Shop on-site
Takeaway Pizza service
Fresh Lobster and Crab available to order
Licensed Off Sales
Tourist Information Point
Internet Access
Lounge areas
Island Tours by arrangement
Taxi Service

Bicycles

Sanday's quiet roads and easy geography make it the ideal location for a cycling holiday. Bicycles may be hired on the island, or you can bring your own.

Bicycle Collection Service

A minibus bus service operates from Loth Ferry Terminal, meeting each ferry and taking passengers to their destinations. The bus cannot carry bicycles but we can arrange to collect your bicycle (and baggage, if necessary) from Loth for you. We do charge a small fee, and ask that you pre-arrange this service with us. Please email for details.

Taxi Service

Guests wishing to dine out may take advantage of our reasonably priced Taxi service to and from the village pubs.

Things to Do and See on Sanday

Scar Plaque
Quoyness Burial Chamber
Abandoned 19th Century Village
Start Point Lighthouse (regular Ranger Tours)
Remains of WWI German Destroyer
Grey and Common Seals
Cata Sands and Dunes
Kite Flying
Loch Fishing
9 Hole Golf Course
Rock Pooling
Bird Watching
Swimming Pool

Useful Links

Sanday Tourism Association

Ayre's Rock is a leading member of the Sanday Tourism Association. The STA website is a useful starting point in planning your stay on our beautiful island: Sanday Orkney

Sanday Ranger

Roderick Thorne, our Sanday Ranger, is available to advise visitors and leads a wide range of activities throughout the Summer.

The Ranger is available at his home/office every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12.30-1.30 p.m. from May to September – and of course can be contacted at other times by telephone (01857-600341) or email: Sanday Ranger