Places to visit in Shetland Islands

The Discover Alone map has 12,846 places, people and events in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Most of the places are free to visit. Choose a kind of place, or open the map to see what is near you.

Kinds of place in Shetland Islands

• Archaeology and monuments (6,571)
• Historic places (3,385)
• Wrecks and historic events (1,494)
• Mountains and hills (367)
• Islands (293)
• Cliffs, bays and coast (192)
• Memorials and graveyards (162)
• Things to do (103)
• Viewpoints and information (51)
• Beaches and strands (29)
• Woods, forests and old trees (6)
• Castles and forts (6)
• Caves (4)

Some of the best-recorded places in Shetland Islands

• Yell, WindhouseGarden Wall(s) (period Unassigned), Lairds House (18th Century)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Windhouse as Garden Wall(s) (period Unassigned)…
• Yell, West Sandwick, the North HaaGarden Wall(s) (period Unassigned), Gate Pier(s) (period Unassigned), Lairds House (period Unassigned), Walled Garden (period Unassigned)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, West Sandwick, the North Haa as Garden Wall(s)…
• Yell, West SandwickPolisher (stone)(period Unassigned)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, West Sandwick as Polisher (stone)(period…
• Yell, West SandwickBurial Ground (medieval), Chapel (medieval)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, West Sandwick as Burial Ground (medieval), Chapel…
• Yell, Ulsta, Pier HouseShop (period Unassigned), Storehouse (period Unassigned)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Ulsta, Pier House as Shop (period Unassigned)…
• Yell, SetterHead Dyke (post Medieval), Township (period Unassigned)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Setter as Head Dyke (post Medieval), Township…
• Yell, Sands of BreckonSettlement (prehistoric), Quern (bronze Age)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Sands of Breckon as Settlement (prehistoric)…
• Yell, Sands of BreckonNo Class (event) (period Unassigned)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Sands of Breckon as No Class (event) (period…
• Yell, North Kirk GeoBurial Ground (medieval), Chapel (medieval), Cross (early Medieval)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, North Kirk Geo as Burial Ground (medieval), Chapel…
• Waterwitch: East Ham, Mousa, North SeaSchooner (19th Century)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Waterwitch: East Ham, Mousa, North Sea as Schooner (19th…
• Unst, Muness CastleCastle (16th Century), Formal Garden (period Unknown)(possible), Fortified House (16th Century), Lairds House (16th Century)Muness Castle stands on Unst as a sixteenth-century fortified house and lairds residence, perhaps with a formal garden…
• Unknown: Wood Wick, Unst, AtlanticSteamship (19th Century)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unknown: Wood Wick, Unst, Atlantic as Steamship (19th…