A mini guide to
Places worth your time in Lerwick & Bressay
Top places
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum and archives at Hay's Dock on the Lerwick waterfront, telling the story of Shetland's heritage and culture; the building opened in 2007.
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Artillery fort begun in 1665 during the Second Dutch War to guard Bressay Sound, rebuilt in the 1780s and presented as it looked then.
Broch and blockhouse on the shore of Clickimin Loch, with more than a thousand years of settlement and a stone carved with two feet.
Category A listed town hall on Hillhead, now used as an events venue and registrar's office.
Lerwick's main shopping street, running parallel to the old waterfront through the centre of the town.
Typical 18th-century Shetland fishing booth at the north end of Lerwick, protected as a category B listed building.
Music venue, cinema and arts centre on the historic Hay's Dock quayside, opened in 2012 and run by Shetland Arts.
18th-century estate house on Bressay facing Lerwick across Bressay Sound, described by Historic Scotland as unique in Shetland.
Lighthouse at Kirkabister Ness on Bressay, about 4 km south-east of Lerwick, overlooking Bressay Sound.
Island east of Bressay with high seabird cliffs, which visitors can see on boat trips.
Shetland
Prehistoric and Norse sites, the Mousa broch, puffin cliffs and the St Ninian's Isle tombolo
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Shetland's old capital, the Shetland Bus story, Tingwall's law site and Neolithic Stanydale
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Esha Ness cliffs, Ronas Hill, the islands of Yell and Unst, and Britain's most northerly sights
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