Webcams

Pierowall Village, Westray

This camera is situated North of the Orkney Mainland on the island of Westray. Kindly located on the premises of Westray Processors, the webcam looks out over the Gill Pier, so you can watch the local fishing boats and yachts coming and going.

Westray is the second largest of the Northern isles. The island has good farmland, hilly moorland, magnificent cliff scenery, lovely beaches and a fantastic craft trail, including the Orkney Faerie Museum & Gallery and Westray Studios which may be secluded but is well worth a visit. In Pierowall you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the variety of things to see and do. You should make time to visit the Heritage Centre, Hume Sweet Hume’s beautiful shop, The Gallery and you can have lunch at the Haff Yok Café or try the Pierowall Hotel's famous fish and chips.  See http://www.westraypapawestray.com for more details.

Stromness Harbour

On the west side of Mainland Orkney you will find the picturesque town of Stromness. With its narrow winding streets and lanes and numerous private piers and slipways Stromness waterfront is an excellent town for a leisurely stroll. Gift shops selling arts and crafts and local food retailers can be found along the main street and the award winning Pier Arts Centre is home to a nationally important collection as well as an on-going programme of exhibits, is always worth a look. The Stromness Museum, among other things – too numerous to mention, houses an excellent collection of  exhibits relating to the local fishing industry, relics of the German High Seas Fleet (scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919) and numerous items relating to the "Nor' Wast" - the 19th century links between Orkney and Canada, involving the Hudson's Bay Company.

St Magnus Kirk Green, Kirkwall

The Kirkwall webcam will be out of action for a little while as we are experiencing technical problems following the move to our new offices at West Castle Street. Apologies for the inconvenience, we will be trying to get a new Kirkwall cam up and running asap.

Kirkwall Airport

The Kirkwall Airport webcams are located in the airport building and look east over the apron and across Inganess Bay. The top image looks over the area where the inter-island aircraft loads and unloads its passengers and freight en-route to the north islands of Stronsay, Sanday, Eday, Westray, Papa Westray and North Ronaldsay. This is the service which has the shortest scheduled flight in the world between Papa Westray and Westray, less than two minutes when the wind is in the right direction. You will receive a certificate on completion of this flight when you return to Kirkwall.

The lower image again looks east showing the control tower and the area where the planes from Shetland, Inverness, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow come and go. This camera gives a good idea of the weather at the airport.

Both cameras put up a new image every 5 minutes so although not exactly live, they do give an accurate view of the visibility at the airport. A big thank you to Neil Thain at Kirkwall Airport for allowing us to use the cameras. Webcam images are Courtesy of HIAL