All Places in Shetland Islands

Fort Charlotte is an artillery fort in central Lerwick on the Shetland Islands. With bastions on each corner, this five-sided fort is the third structure on the same site; the first built between 1652-3, the second put up under Charles II’s orders in 1665 to hold off an advancing Dutch fleet and the third was erected in 1781 after the Read more…

The Out Skerries are an archipelago lying to the east of the main Shetland Island group. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries and the main islands are Housay, Bruray and Grunay. The archipelago sits just 320 kilometres (200 mi) from Norway. Housay and Bruray are the only two islands inhabited and they are joined by a bridge. Read more…

Scousburgh Sands beach is a sandy beach that is adjacent to the freshwater Loch of Spiggie which the RSPB manages as a reserve for wintering wildfowl. Scousburgh Sands is also known as Spiggie Beach. You will need to take the rough single-track road to the beach where you have a small parking area. This is a remote area but you Read more…

Kirk Sand is a small quiet beach on the island Papa Stour which is the 8th largest in the Shetlands. The beach faces south onto Papa Sound and is sandy lower down with pebbles at the high tide mark. Read more…

Quendale beach is sandy beach and one of the longest on the Shetland at around a kilometre in length. The beach is backed by sand dunes and the bay has rocky headlands. Read more…

The Fair Isle Bird Observatory is situated on Fair Isle, an island in the southern most part of the Shetland Islands. Also providing visitors with a unique place to stay in its guesthouse, you can either just enjoy the amazing scenery of the island or get more involved in the work of the Observatory by going out and about with Read more…

Local museum for Burravoe and Yell, the house itself was built for Robert Tyrie, a local merchant, in 1672. Read more…

Esha Ness is a peninsula to the northwest of St Magnus Bay on the island of Mainland, Shetland. Esha Ness has a sea cave that is potentially the largest natural chamber in Britain. Read more…

West Sandwick beach is a sandy beach backed by sand dunes and grass on the west of Yell. The beach also has some rocky outcrops to explore and a burn crosses the beach to the sea. Read more…

This sandy beach links the Shetland mainland to St Ninians Isle. The 500 metre stretch of sand is the UKs largest active tombolo – a deposition landform in which an island is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar. It is well worth a look around St Ninians Isle as you have Read more…

Lerwick Town Hall is home to the Shetland Islands’ Council and is located in central Lerwick. Completed in 1884 and designed by Alexander Ross, the building enjoys the highest point in the town of Lerwick. The town hall is available for hire for functions and events including marriages, wedding reception and concerts. If you’re in Lerwick, why not also visit Read more…

Lunna Kirk is a lovely church and is thought to date back to the 1100’s and is the oldest building in use for Christian worship in Shetland. Read more…