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Hoswick Visitor Centre
Café and visitor centre · Hoswick
Café serving light meals in a visitor centre with craft shop and local information; it lists a ramp, lift and accessible toilet.
- The Smithy, Hoswick
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South Mainland: Sumburgh, Jarlshof & Mousa: eat and drink
Where to eat and drink in South Mainland: Sumburgh, Jarlshof & Mousa
Food & drink
Where to eat and drink in South Mainland: Sumburgh, Jarlshof & Mousa
Choose a type below, then search by name or cuisine. Every place has its own card with directions.
Cafés & sweet treats
Sumburgh Head Café
Café · Sumburgh
Café at Sumburgh Head lighthouse; the visitor centre opens from April to early October, so check before you go.
- Sumburgh Head, Sumburgh
Restaurants
Sumburgh Hotel
Hotel bar and restaurant · Sumburgh
Bar and restaurant in the Sumburgh Hotel, a former laird's home built in 1867, near Jarlshof and the airport.
- Airport Wide Road, Sumburgh
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While you are here
Things to see in South Mainland: Sumburgh, Jarlshof & Mousa
A few of the sights in the area. The Things to do page lists them all, with directions and official links.
Things to do
Levenwick
Small village about 27 km south of Lerwick with a sandy beach where otters are often seen.
Things to do
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement
More than 4,000 years of settlement on one site: Bronze Age houses, an Iron Age broch and wheelhouses, Norse longhouses and a 1500s laird's house.
Things to do
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse and Nature Reserve
Lighthouse first lit in 1821 at the southern tip of the Mainland, with a seasonal visitor centre and a nature reserve open all year.
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- Quendale Mill: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Levenwick: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement: Nigel Duncan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sumburgh Head Lighthouse and Nature Reserve: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Scalloway & the West Mainland: Robert W Watt, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Northmavine, Yell & Unst: Unukorno, CC BY 4.0, source
- Lerwick & Bressay: Florent Abel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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