Sanday

Sanday is in the Orkney Islands, north of Mainland. It's a thin low-lying strap, about 20 km (12 mi) long but seldom more than 1 km wide, flanked by sandy beaches. The main settlement is Kettletoft in the centre of the island.

This article is about the island in Orkney. For the island in the Small Isles, see Canna

Get in

By boat: Orkney Ferries sail twice a day between Kirkwall and 🌍 Loth on the south end of the island. The ferry is a small ro-ro for vehicles and foot passengers. It takes 90 mins to 2 hours, also calling at Eday.

By plane: Loganair flights connect Sanday with Kirkwall, twice a day M-F and once Sat & Sun. Residents have priority, and you can only book by phoning +44 (0) 1856 872494 or 873457 (lines open Su-F to 19:00, to 18:00 Sa); you can't book online. See also Orkney Islands#Get Around#By plane. 🌍 Sanday Airport - a grand name for a cottage by a field with a windsock - is in the middle of the island near Kettletoft.

Flights to Sanday also land at Stronsay. This five-minute hop may well be the world's second-shortest commercial flight, the very shortest being the two-minute hop between Westray and Papa Westray.

Get around

A minibus connects with the ferries. Hiring a bicycle is a good way to get around and see the island.

For a few months in 2006, Sanday boasted Britain's most northerly railway station, with a ridable miniature railway. It's unlikely to re-open.

See

Start Point lighthouse

🌍 Quoyness chambered cairn. This is a well-preserved neolithic tomb dating to around 2900 BC, where bones of 10 adults and 5 children were found. You enter by crawling down a 9 m passageway into the tall chamber. Quoyness is almost an island on the south coast of Sanday, connected by a spit and track just south of the airport. (updated Jul 2018)
🌍 Start Point Lighthouse. Lighthouse completed in 1806, rebuilt in 1870, and painted its distinctive candy-stripe in 1915. It was the first Scottish lighthouse to have a revolving light. (updated Jul 2018)

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Sleep

Ayre's Rock, Sanday KW17 2AY, ☎ +44 1857 600410. Hostel (sleeps 8) plus self-contained Stable Cottage, campsite and caravan pitches. Runs a chip shop on Saturday evenings. £50 per room, camping from £20. (updated Jul 2018)
🌍 Backaskaill Farmhouse, Kettletoft KW17 2BJ, ☎ +44 1857 600305. Check-in: 3 pm, check-out: 10 am. B&B with one double and one twin room. Restaurant open to non-residents. (updated Jul 2018)

Go next

You can reach Eday, and from there Stronsay, without returning to Mainland. Anywhere else will be via Kirkwall.

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