Burnside Cottage & The Pig Shed

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HC/CSR/2093

An Eco B&B & Self Catering;

Green Tourism Gold Award 🌍
Evening Menu & Alcohol Licence 🍽🍷
Room Service
Dog Friendly 🐕
Vegan Friendly 🥦🌶🍇🥕🌽🥑🌰🫘
Inclusive 🌈
NC500 & Close to Gills Bay-Pentand Ferries ⛴️ Orkney
Premises License No.

23/10/2026

What a beautiful morning we've woken up to this morning 🌄

19/10/2026

Taken at upper Gills, looking across Canisbay Kirk & Orkney in the distance.. beautiful autumn light these last couple of days 😊

01/10/2026

We have the best guests! 🧡

28/09/2026

This time of year is all about the sunrises......Burnside Cottage + The Pig Shed 😊

22/09/2026

We love this time of year......sunrises are awesome over Gills Bay 😊

19/09/2026

Fab photos & review from a lovely German family 🧡
❤️

15/09/2026

We had the awesome Matt, Alan & Meik last night touring the NC500 route.....safe to say they enjoyed our Cairn O'Mohr Pictish C***r 😉 (high praise from two Somerset men....& a German not opting for b**r!). Great guests 😊
Cairn o Mohr Real Fruit Wines

10/09/2026

We certainly do not oppose a sensible tourist tax in Highland region.

However, the proposed Highland Council 'Visitor Levy' is deeply flawed and unfair.

For the reasons listed below, we will be opposing the 'Visitor Levy'. by answering, 'strongly disagree' to every question in the HIGHLAND COUNCIL VISITOR LEVY CONSULTATION.

1. It is an accommodation tax not a tourist tax.

2. Everyone will have to pay, including residents staying in their own council area.

3. Where applicable, VAT will be added to the levy, so a £5 per night tax becomes £6.

4. It is an extra tax on residents. People staying away for medical appointments, visiting relatives in hospital, working away from home etc will be charged.

5. Income from the levy will go into the Council pot rather than being ring-fenced for investment in the communities and areas generating the income.

6. The levy will be treated as part of an accommodation provider’s turnover for HMRC purposes, putting some businesses over the VAT threshold.

7. It will be complicated and burdensome for accommodation providers to administer.

8. Motor homes, camper-vans, tents, caravans, car-camping will not be charged if they are not staying on an official campsite.

9. Day visitors and cruise ship passengers will pay nothing.

10. There will be no cap on the number of nights the levy is charged.

PLEASE FIND THE SURVEY AND FILL IT IN TO LET HC KNOW THIS TAX IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN ITS CURRENT FORM

**The consultation survey needs to be found and completed using a google search **. Facebook posts are being removed because posting the link to the consultation seemingly breaches cybersecurity rules????

The Highland Council

06/09/2026

Two of last nights starters;

- Cold Smoked Hebridean Rainbow Trout with beetroot hummus, beetroot, salad leaves, pickled radish & black sesame seeds with a yuzu soy dressing

- Walnut & Sundried Tomato Pesto a chunky homemade ‘pate’ style pesto on sourdough toast with a tomato & basil salad

27/08/2026

Running Burnside Cottage B&B + The Pig Shed Self-Catering is incredibly hard work.....but with reviews like this it's one of the most satisfying jobs in the world! 🙏

Address

Gills, Canisbay
Wick
KW14YB

Telephone

+447984436955

Website

http://www.burnside-cottage.co.uk/

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