All Places in Shetland Islands

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…

Foula is a bleak yet spectacular island in the Atlantic Ocean, and one of the remotest inhabited islands in the UK. It is the seventh largest and most westerly of the Shetland Islands. The island is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) by 3.5 miles (5.6 km), with a low-lying coastal strip along the east side that rises to 150 to 365m cliffs Read more…

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…

Scousburgh Sands beach is a sandy beach that is adjacent to the fresh water Loch of Spiggie of the RSPB manages as a reserve for wintering wildfowl. Scousburgh Sands is also known as Spiggie Beach. Parking available and you have a hotel nearby that sells food. 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…

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…

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…

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

Lerwick lifeboat station was established in 1896 and now operates an all weather lifeboat. Station open weekdays and at weekends by appointment only, whilst the shop has restricted opening times. Read more…

Sumburgh Head is a rocky headland at the southern point of the Shetland mainland in northern Scotland. The cliffs at Sumburgh are home to large colonies of birds, protected as an RSPB Nature Reserve. During the summer months, witness the spectacle of thousands of breeding birds. Sumburgh Head is also a fantastic place to watch for whales and dolphins. See Read more…

Tresta is the main beach on the small island of Fetlar in The Sheltlands. A long white sandy beach with cliffs at its south end. The beach is an ideal family beach as it sits within a calm shallow cove. Behind the beach is Papil Water, a fresh water loch which is popular for seasonal trout fishing. Read more…

Muness Castle is the most northerly fortress in Britain and lies in the south east of Unst in the Shetland Islands. The castle is a tower house built in the 1598 and is known for its fine architectural details. Today the remains consist of just over two storeys of an originally three-storey building with circular towers at opposing corners. See www.historic-scotland.gov.uk Read more…