Streamlined online booking system for sports facilities

A reshaped and streamlined online booking system is available for Council sports facilities. 

The old site will no longer be available from 31 May 2024 so please make sure that you register on our new site: www.orkney.gov.uk/booknow - it’s easy to navigate and works well on a mobile phone or tablet. 

If you have not already registered for online booking, or you have forgotten your password, just click to login, enter your email address and click 'forgotten password' to get started. 

Our new site is easy to use with lots of new features including:  

• Class bookings  
• Sports bookings  
• Holiday activities  
• Pay for bookings and arrears online  
• Manage existing bookings   
• Update your details  
• Sign up for an ActiveLife Membership. 

For example, you can check availability of courts for hire. Now that the winter bookings have finished there is often more opportunities to get court time. Single court activities such as badminton are included in ActiveLife membership, but you can also book the whole hall for sports such as football or netball for a family or group of friends, and the system will ask you to make payment at the time of booking. 

There's also a new ‘manage my bookings’ feature which is really handy. If you can’t remember what you have booked you can easily check and make cancellations if required. There’s no charge for this if it’s at least six hours before the booking starts. 

For the more popular classes, ActiveLife members can book online two weeks before the class to reserve a space. Non-members can book one week in advance and pay online. 

Many users of the ‘Holiday Programme’ will already be familiar with the process, as we have been taking bookings online for the past two Holiday Programmes. 

You can also check and update your contact details online. We would ask people to pay particular attention to the email address and contact number as that really helps if we need to get in touch about your booking.