Trondra

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Trondra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It shelters the harbour of Scalloway and has an area of 275 hectares. ()

Alternative names: Area: 1.06 mi²Coordinates: 60°7'6"N, 1°16'54"W

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Trondra – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Shetland Museum and Archives, Shetland Library, Fort Charlotte, Bressay Lighthouse.

5.3 miNE
Specialty museum, History museum, Maritime museum
Shetland Museum and Archives, Lerwick
135 min walk • The New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by Queen Sonja of Norway and the Duke & Duchess of Rothesay.
5.2 miNE
Library
Shetland Library, Lerwick
134 min walk • Shetland Library is a Scottish public library service, with its main branch based in Lerwick and membership open to both residents of and visitors to the islands.
5.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort Charlotte, Lerwick
137 min walk • Fort Charlotte in the centre of Lerwick, Shetland, is an artillery fort, roughly five sided, with bastions on each of three landward corners, and half-bastions on the corners of the seaward face.
5.5 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Bressay Lighthouse, Bressay
141 min walk • Bressay Lighthouse is still an active lighthouse in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, 4 kilometres south-east of Lerwick. It is located on the island of Bressay at Kirkabister Ness overlooking Bressay Sound.
4.5 miNE
Body of water, Park, Memorial
Clickimin Broch, Lerwick
116 min walk • The Broch of Clickimin is a large, well-preserved but restored broch in Lerwick in Shetland, Scotland. Originally built on an island in Clickimin Loch, it was approached by a stone causeway.
3.2 miSW
Island
West Burra
82 min walk • West Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by bridge to East Burra. With an area of 743 hectares, it is the eleventh-largest of the Shetland Islands.
4.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Clickimin Loch, Lerwick
118 min walk • Clickimin Loch is a loch in Shetland, Scotland, west of Lerwick. A Pictish fort from the 6th century called Clickimin Broch is located on a small islet at the southern end of the loch. Clickimin Leisure Centre is at the north of the loch.
5.4 miNE
Maritime museum, Museum, History museum
Böd of Gremista, Lerwick
139 min walk • The Böd of Gremista, situated at the north end of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, is a typical 18th century Shetland fishing booth. It is protected as a category B listed building.
3.7 miE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Lerwick Observatory, Law Ting Holm
94 min walk • Lerwick Observatory is a British meteorological observatory located near the port at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. It is one of three permanent geomagnetic observatories in the United Kingdom.
1.3 miN
Museum, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Scalloway Castle, Mainland
33 min walk • Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland.
5.5 miNE
Church
Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church, Lerwick
140 min walk • Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church is the largest Church of Scotland congregation in Shetland, serving the islands' capital Lerwick and the surrounding area.