ACCESSIBILITY
Most of our venues are located within a hundred meters of each other in the small town of Stromness in Orkney, and are all indoors. We will aim to provide you with as much information as we can regarding all of the events held at the festival to enable you to assess how to best access each venue. We'd welcome any advance communication of requirements to ensure any accommodations can be made.
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THE VENUES
The venues used by the festival are the local hotels or established community centres or halls which all have their own accessibility plans in place, if you have any specific questions all of the particular venues will gladly answer any concerns you may have.
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The traditional streets of Stromness are cobbled in parts, and there are some inclines and declines, please also note most of our venues in Stromness are around the pier front area and harbour, and the narrow streets are open to traffic in both directions. Please take care whilst moving around.
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THE STROMNESS TOWN HALL
The Town Hall is accessed immediately with steps or an alternative ramped entrance. The stage and main seating/standing area, bar and toilets, are all situated on ground level. There is an upper floor for further seating/standing accessed by stairs only.
THE BURRAY HALL
The Burray has parking opposite the entrance and level flat ground. There are level ground entrances and entrances with steps. The whole venue is on ground level.