Sumburgh Head, Sumburgh

Name: Sumburgh Head
Address: Sumburgh, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1595 694688

#2 among attractions in Sumburgh

Top attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park, Lighthouse, More...

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Facts and practical information

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 194 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 59°51'15"N, 1°16'29"W

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Sumburgh United Kingdom

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+44 1595 694688

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Day trips

Sumburgh Head – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jarlshof, Old Scatness, Ness of Burgi fort, Horse Holm.

1.2 miNW
Ruins, Historical place, Museum
Jarlshof, Sumburgh
31 min walk • Jarlshof is the best known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
2 miNW
Historical place, Museum, Archaeological museum
Old Scatness, Sumburgh
52 min walk • Old Scatness is an archeological site on the Ness of Burgi, near the village of Scatness, parish of Dunrossness in the south end of Mainland, Shetland, near Sumburgh Airport and consists of medieval, Viking, Pictish, and Iron Age remains.
1.2 miW
Archaeological site
Ness of Burgi fort, Sumburgh
32 min walk • The Ness of Burgi fort is an iron-age promontory fort in the Old Scatness archaeological site on the Ness of Burgi, a narrow finger of land reaching south from the Scat Ness in the far south of the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland.
1.5 miW
Island
Horse Holm
38 min walk • Horse Island or Horse Holm and known locally as Da Holm, is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies about 2.3 km west of Sumburgh Head at the south tip of the Mainland, Shetland.
2.2 miNW
Island
Lady's Holm
57 min walk • Lady's Holm is an island off southern Mainland in the Shetland Islands. It is not to be confused with the Maiden Stack, which is also known as "Frau...
2.2 miNW
Neighbourhood
Virkie, Sumburgh
57 min walk • Virkie is the most southerly district of Shetland, other than Fair Isle and is best defined as the area south of the Ward Hill in Dunrossness, also locally referred to as "below da hill", or "da laich Ness".