Linga
#6817 among destinations in the United Kingdom


Facts and practical information
Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, in Yell Sound. ()
ScotlandUnited Kingdom
Linga – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Old Haa Museum, Lunna Holm, Lamba, Whalsay Parish Church.
5.1 miNENatural history museum, MuseumOld Haa Museum, Yell
129 min walk • The Old Haa of Brough in located in Burravoe, Yell, Shetland, Scotland. Built for Robert Tyrie, a merchant, in 1672, houses the local museum for Burravoe and Yell.
3.9 miEIslandLunna Holm
99 min walk • Lunna Holm is a small island near Lunna Ness, in the Shetland Islands. It is 27 metres at its highest point.
7.1 miNWIslandLamba
182 min walk • Lamba is an uninhabited island in Yell Sound in Shetland. It lies 1.5 km north of the entrance to the Sullom Voe inlet and 1.4 kilometres east of the Mainland coastline near Ollaberry. Rising 35 metres above sea level, it has an area of 43 hectares.
7.3 miSEChurchWhalsay Parish Church, Whalsay
185 min walk • Whalsay Parish Church or Whalsay Kirk is a Church of Scotland parish church on the island of Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It lies to the north of the village of Brough, on the southern part of a promontory known as Kirk Ness, connected to the mainland by a neck of land.
5 miNIslandUynarey
128 min walk • Uynarey is one of the Shetland islands in Yell Sound, just to the north of Bigga, and east of Brother Island. It is an RSPB reserve. The name comes from the Norse for "venerated island", and this may reflect a Culdee connection.
0.8 miNEIslandFish Holm
21 min walk • Fish Holm is a small island, 1.5 miles east of Mainland, Shetland. It is near the village of Mossbank. It is 20 metres at its highest point, and a mile south of Samphrey in Yell Sound.
5.6 miNW 6.6 miSEIslandWest Linga
170 min walk • West Linga is an uninhabited island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland.
3.1 miNE 1.9 miNIslandSamphrey
50 min walk • Samphrey is an uninhabited island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. One of Fair Isle's old names is "Friðarey" which is of similar origin.
4.1 miNIslandBigga
106 min walk • Bigga is an uninhabited island in the Yell Sound between the Mainland and Yell in Shetland, Scotland.