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About Burray Village

Burray Village lies on one of Orkney's South Isles, reached via the famous Churchill Barriers on the A961. The 20-kilometre drive from Kirkwall takes you across these wartime causeways, built to protect Scapa Flow. The village sits in a sheltered spot with views across the Flow, and houses the Orkney Fossil and Heritage Centre with its remarkable 380-million-year-old fish fossils discovered in local quarries.

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Burray Village is in Scotland, at 58.846, -2.914 - about 7 km north of Aikers.

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The closest airport to Burray Village is Kirkwall Airport, 18 km (about 19 min by car). Other airports nearby: Wick John O'Groats Airport, Eday Airport.

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