A UNIQUE
ISLAND PROJECT
Graemsay is 'Orkney's Green Isle', nestled between the two largest Orkney islands, in the entrance to Scapa Flow. Remote, beautiful, peaceful and unspoilt, the island is 2 miles at its longest (NW to SE) and less than a mile wide (NE to SW). Graemsay is connected to Stromness on the Orkney Mainland by a regular ferry several times a day.
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We have bought the adjoining Crofts of Newhouse, Nether Newhouse and Gorn, and the abandoned Church of Graemsay - in all, extending to 85 acres - wanting to create a unique ethical community to challenge and change the way we approach modern life.
A New Kind of Christian Retreat
We plan to restore the old Graemsay Kirk, built in 1867 and abandoned by the Church of Scotland around a century later, as the centrepiece of a unique Christian retreat - a genuine escape from the hurly-burly of everyday life and an opportunity to reconnect with nature, the eternal, and the Divine.
We seek partners to help fund the restoration of the Church, the construction of a small number of eco retreat accommodation units - most likely log cabins - and a small communal hall.
We are also looking to find an exceptional individual or couple to lead this exciting project.
A Fairer Way
To Farm
We want to do something meaningful with the land at Newhouse. So we're aiming to be self-sufficient for fruit and vegetables, as far as that's reasonably practical, but we're currently scoping out our bigger farming mission, which we believe is to develop Orkney's - indeed, Scotland's - first no-slaughter dairy herd.
