The day long event is being held in Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s £6.5m new Sports Centre in Stornoway. Whilst the Centre will not open to the public for a while yet, every effort has been made to get it to a stage of readiness for the filming of the BBC’s programme. Chairman of Arts and Leisure, Cllr Calum Graham, said:
“Ionad Spòrs Leòdhais will be a first class leisure facility - one of the best in Scotland. This is a major event and shows that it is not just a sports centre but a leisure facility capable of holding concerts and other big events attracting large crowds”.

The Comhairle car park is closed to staff on the day to make it available for public use. The Comhairle is operating a park and ride scheme for its staff to get into and home from work on the day. A spokesperson for the Comhairle said: “Hopefully there will be sufficient parking for the numbers of people that will be attending at any one time but this is an all day event and it’ll be easier for everyone if people are arriving and leaving throughout the day rather than everyone being there first thing in the morning or all at lunchtime. The BBC have said that as long as people are in the building before 4.30pm their antiques will be seen by the experts. If you do turn up and there are no parking spaces the best thing is simply to come back later. We should also remind people that although the hall will be open all other facilities in the centre will be closed including the café, creche and soft play”.

The Antiques Roadshow is on from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Anyone attending the event should note that queuing will be at the main entrance of the sports centre with access from the Comhairle car park.

Nigel Scott
Communications Officer
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Tel: 01851 709389 (Work)
Tel: 07884 236103 (Mobile)
email: nscott@cne-siar.gov.uk