THE HUB OF SPORT, FITNESS AND FAMILY FUN IN ORKNEY

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The Pickaquoy Centre is Orkney’s premier leisure facility, offering a huge range of services and activities for families and individuals to enjoy. We are a proud member of Leisurelink, the

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partnership that allows members of fitness schemes in Highland, Moray, Angus, the Western Isles, Argyll and Bute, the Borders, Aberdeen and the Shetland Islands to access gym, public swimming and fitness classes at leisure facilities

Swimming Fitness Classes

across all of these regions at no extra cost.

All timetables and hours of operation can be found on our website at www.pickaquoy.co.uk.

Our main pool consists of a six-lane, 25-metre swimming pool, offering both recreational and competitive lane swimmers a high-quality place to exercise and train. Our timetable also includes a variety of sessions such as aqua walking, chill-out sessions, ladies-only sessions, Aqua Zumba and more.

Families can enjoy our leisure pool with fun water features and a slide for children of all ages. In addition, our main pool offers inflatable sessions for children including a 15m long Commando Run obstacle course or Waterwalkerz and Stepping Stones each Sunday from 2.15pm – 3.15pm, with more sessions on offer throughout the holidays.

Our Health Suite, including a sauna, steam room and spa, are open daily and gives you the chance to unwind and fully relax.

Our gym provides customers with state-of-the-art Life Fitness cardio machines, integrated with the most up-todate Life Fitness on Demand workouts to give customers a high-quality training session. In addition, the gym also offers a fantastic range of resistance and free-weight areas, making the facility a versatile training zone for all levels of fitness.

Visitors looking to keep up their fitness during their stay can attend one of our group exercise classes. The range of classes includes strength, cardio, mind and body, and aqua-based classes. They are designed for all abilities and are led by friendly and fully qualified instructors who are on hand to offer advice and encouragement.

Sports

Our eight-badminton-court sized arena is home to many sports. Badminton, pickleball, basketball, table tennis, volleyball, netball and walking football are just a small selection of the activities that take place in this multipurpose facility. Visitors can hire a court for any of the activities listed.

The centre also has three glass-backed squash and racketball courts, with retractable walls allowing courts to be widened to create either three single courts, two double courts or one multifunctional activity. Players can borrow rackets at the time of booking with their court hire, and purchase squash or racket balls from reception.

Outside the centre we offer Orkney’s only 400-metre, six lane synthetic running track, available for public use.

Climbing and Bouldering

For the more adventurous, the centre offers an indoor climbing wall and bouldering cave. The wall has a diverse and challenging range of routes and features including constant angles like slabs, vertical walls and overhangs which are designed to develop key climbing skills and techniques.

Our bouldering room, or “The Cave,” provides a dynamic and exciting sporting opportunity without ropes, giving the climber a 360-degree experience.

Picky Wellbeing Clinic

The clinic provides a wide range of services that encompass our ethos of rehabilitation and relaxation to promote a lifestyle that is stress and pain free. Our dedicated team of therapists are committed to the health and wellbeing of our customers, tailoring treatments to suit your needs. Whether it be promoting recovery from injury and relief from pain or providing a relaxing space to indulge in a soothing massage or treatment, we’re here to help you.

Soft Play and Inflatables

Directly adjacent to the Picky Café is Jungle World, a purpose-built small adventure soft play area. Jungle World offers children up to the age of 5 a fun and safe environment, where they can let their imaginations run wild as they explore the ball pool and log slide, swing from the vines, or get musically creative on the jungle drums.

For any children 11 and under, our fantastic selection of large inflatables are great for older children and toddlers alike. Our public sessions offer brilliant enjoyment, and a chance for your kids to burn off some energy.

Picky Holiday Camp

We offer holiday camp for children aged 5 – 11 during school holidays. The camp runs from 8.30am – 3.30pm each weekday, and offers a large variety of activities that include swimming, arts and crafts, physical activities and games. The camp is perfect for keeping children entertained and stimulated if parents wish to have a day exploring the island.

The Phoenix Cinema

Orkney’s only digital 3D cinema, The Phoenix Cinema, is located within the centre, and shows the latest movie releases all year round. In addition, we offer special screenings of foreign language films, documentaries, and independent and world cinema through Phoenix Fringe, and we also hold regular relaxed screenings for those with additional support needs and subtitled screenings for the hard of hearing. The cinema also broadcasts live theatre, opera and ballet performances from companies such as the Royal Opera House and National Theatre Live.

Picky Café

The Picky Café is centrally located within the centre. Offering a selection of soup, hot or cold sandwiches, salads, freshly made cake and more, the café is ideal for sit-in or takeaway. Picky Café is also the only place in Orkney where visitors can get Costa Coffee, and offers free Wi-fi.

Camping

Our four-star campsite, Orkney Caravan Park, is part of The Pickaquoy Centre, and is ideally located adjacent to the leisure facilities and within walking distance of the town centre and local shops. The picturesque campsite offers the perfect location to pitch a tent or park a caravan or motorhome where electrical hook-up is available.

Within the amenities block, visitors will have access to a comfortable lounge, laundry facilities, kitchen, free Wi-fi, 12 individual showers and an accessible family shower, with baby changing facilities. The campsite is dog friendly, and there is an adventure play park directly next to the campsite available for children.

Also available at the campsite are electric bikes to hire —Just £20 per day for those staying on the campsite. These are a fantastic, user-friendly and environmental way to travel around the island offering a unique perspective to the many brilliant sites in Orkney. In addition, there are two camping pods that sleep either five or six people, that offer a range of amenities including individual parking, energy lights, heater, electric kettle, fridge and free Wi-fi. To book your stay at Orkney Caravan Park, visit www.orkneycaravanpark.co.uk.