Eating, Drinking & Local Attractions

Eating & Drinking

• Burrastow House Restaurant Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, ZE2 9PD.

• The Inn on the Hill at the Westings Whiteness, Shetland, ZE2 9LJ. STB 3 Star Inn.

• The Palm Shack The Westings, The Inn on the Hill, Whiteness, Shetland, ZE2 9LJ. STB 3 Star Inn.

• Peerie Shop Cafe Behind the Peerie Shop, Esplanade, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0LL.

• Saxa Vord Resort Restaurant at Saxa Vord, Unst, Shetland.

• The Spiggie Hotel Spiggie Loch, Shetland, ZE2 9JE.

Local Attractions

• Baltasound Church Church on the island of Unst at Baltasound. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Böd of Gremista Museum just to the north of Lerwick. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Bressay Church Church on Bressay with views over Lerwick. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Bressay Heritage Centre The story of Bressay and its people. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Broch of Clickimin Ruined broch on edge of Lerwick: Historic Scotland. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Fair Isle Bird Observatory Offering bird observation and accommodation on Fair Isle. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Fair Isle Chapel Small chapel on Fair Isle. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Fetlar Byre Chapel Chapel in style of a byre. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Fetlar Interpretive Centre The story of Fetlar and its people. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Fetlar Kirk Plain church on south shore of Fetlar. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Fetlar RSPB Reserve The serpentine mire here holds a nationally important number of breeding red-necked phalaropes, a fascinating wader species where the female is more colourful than the male and does all the courtship. On Fetlar.

• Fort Charlotte Defensive fortification in centre of Lerwick: Historic Scotland. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Hermaness NNR Overlooking Muckle Flugga, Britain's most northerly point, Hermaness provides a wonderful haven for over 100,000 seabirds. Five miles from Baltasound.

• Haroldswick Church The most northerly church in the UK. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Hoswick Visitor centre Visitor centre for Hoswick, Mainland. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Jarlshof Amazing archaeological site with many layers of settlement on view: Historic Scotland. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Keen of Hamar NNR It may look like a moonscape, but the bare stony scree of this reserve supports a unique collection of plants. Signposted from the A968 road to the car park at the minor road end.

• Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve Loch of Spiggie is a large shallow loch, which was once an inlet by now cut off by the sea by naturally-formed sand dunes. Nearest town: Lerwick.

• Lunna Kirk Unusual church in a secluded corner of Shetland. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Mousa Boat Trips Trips to Mousa. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Mousa Broch Scotland's best preserved broch on the island of Mousa. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Mousa RSPB Reserve This island is most famous for its 2,000 year-old broch - the best-preserved in the world - where many of Mousa's 6,000 pairs of storm petrels nest. On the island of Mousa.

• Ness of Burgi A defensive stone-built blockhouse, probably of Iron Age date, with some features resembling a broch. At the S-Easternmost point of Scatness, South Shetland off the A970.

• Noss NNR Take a boat trip to this island where thousands of seabirds and wonderful scenery guarantee a memorable experience. Take the car ferry from Lerwick to Bressay, then follow the Noss signs for three miles to the car park.

• Old Haa Museum Local history museum, tea room, gallery and craft shop. Burravoe, Yell ZE2 9AY.

• Old Scatness Broch A complex archaeological site near Sumburgh Airport. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Out Skerries Church The church serving the remote island of Out Skerries. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Quendale Watermill An insight to life on the Shetland Islands over the last one hundred years (and more). Quendale, Shetland ZE2 9TD.

• Scalloway Castle A classic castle with some dark stories to tell. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Shetland Crofthouse Museum A museum celebrating a way of life now long gone. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Shetland Geotours Offering guided tours or walks. Meal, Hamnavoe, Burra Isle, Shetland, ZE2 9LB.

• Shetland Museum and Archives Shetland's main museum covering all aspects of over 5,000 years of island life. Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0WP.

• Shetland Wildlife Holidays Small group travel. Shetland Wildlife, Longhill, Maywick, Shetland, ZE2 9JF.

• Staneydale ‘Temple’ 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. 3m SW of Bixter on West mainland off the A971.

• Sumburgh Head REPB Reserve The cliffs around Sumburgh Head are on the southernmost tip of Mainland Shetland and attract thousands of summer breeding seabirds, including puffins, guillemots, shags and fulmars. Nearest town: Lerwick.

• Tangwick Haa Museum A museum on the west side of Shetland. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Tingwall Kirk Large church in the centre of mainland Shetland. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Unst Boat Haven Superb boat museum on the island of Unst. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Unst Heritage Centre The story of Unst and its people. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Unst Hermaness Reserve Bird reserve at the north end of Unst. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Valhalla Brewery Brewery on the island of Unst. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Weisdale Mill Art gallery and museum on mainland Shetland. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

For Activities in the area, see the relevant links pages. For Local Businesses, see the relevant links pages. For Events in the area, see the What's On? page.