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Our Croft Trail, which is an interesting Shetland attraction for visitors, offers you the opportunity to walk around a traditional working croft and to meet and feed native animals. You will find many points of interest on the walk.
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A good example of a broch tower with associated secondary buildings of Iron Age date.
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The whole island of Fetlar is a haven for flora and fauna, and a great place to come exploring. Along the coast you might be lucky enough to see otters. The island is full of birds in summer, including red-throated divers, golden plovers, skuas and w...
A five-sided artillery fort with bastions projecting from each corner. The walls are high and massive. It was built in 1665 to protect the Sound of Bressay from the Dutch, but taken by them and burned in 1673. It was rebuilt in 1781.
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Jarlshof provides an insight into the way of life of the inhabitants at particularly interesting periods the late Bronze Age, Iron Age, Pictish era, Norse era and the Middle Ages. It includes oval-shaped Bronze Age houses, Iron Age broch and wheelhou...
Visiting Mousa is an unforgettable experience. On the short ferry ride to the island, you might be fortunate enough to see harbour porpoises and other marine mammals. In August, the island is home to over 200 hauled-out common seals. Mousa is rich in...
A late 16th-century tower house with circular towers at diagonally opposite corners. The northernmost castle in the British Isles, Muness has remarkably fine architectural details.
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A defensive stone-built blockhouse, probably of Iron Age date, with some features resembling a broch. Access is difficult....
The Quendale Water Mill and its surrounding areas have marvellous scenery, thousands of years of history and great beauty for you to appreciate. Only once you have visited the area will you truly understand the untouched beaches, mythical stories and...
A visit to the RSPB Loch of Spiggie Nature Reserve shows you just what a wonderful variety of birds and wildlife rely on Scottish lochs for their survival. If you visit in summer, you'll see Arctic terns and great skuas bathing in the water....
A fine castellated mansion built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, Earl of Orkney, who was notorious for his cruelty....
A Neolithic hall, heel-shaped externally, and containing a large oval chamber. Around it are ruins of houses, walls and cairns of the same period....
Visit these cliffs during the summer and you'll be privileged to witness the amazing spectacle of thousands of breeding seabirds, including puffins, guillemots, shags and fulmars. Sumburgh Head is a great place to watch for whales and dolphins, parti...
The Unst Boat Haven, part of the Unst Heritage Trust, is dedicated to the maritime history of Shetland boats. We have 17 boats, mainly traditional Shetland, but including one from each Faroe and Norway, a Welsh coracle and a Berhon folding dinghy. A ...
The Unst Heritage Centre is Unst's permanent link to it's rich history, through a fine collection of artefacts and items donated to the centre from residents past and present.
These depict an island full of tradition with a great number of items r...
Yell RSPB reserve, comprising Lumbister, Black Park and Kirkabister, is important as part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its geology. The islands consist of mainly blanket bog with coastal grassland and heath. Important breeding birds i...
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