South Mainland, Law Ting Holm

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The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the southern peninsula of Mainland island. It lies south of Hellister. The greater southern part of the peninsula belongs to the civil parish of Dunrossness. The rest belongs to the parishes of Lerwick and Tingwall. St Ninian's Isle is a tidal island off its west coast. ()

Coordinates: 60°3'60"N, 1°16'0"W

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Law Ting Holm United Kingdom

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South Mainland – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bressay Lighthouse, West Burra, Broch of Mousa, Lerwick Observatory.

6.2 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Bressay Lighthouse, Bressay
159 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.
2.5 miW
Island
West Burra
63 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.
5.7 miSE
Island, Memorial
Broch of Mousa, Mousa
146 min walk • Broch of Mousa is a preserved Iron Age broch or round tower. It is on the island of Mousa in Shetland, Scotland. It is the tallest broch still standing and amongst the best-preserved prehistoric buildings in Europe.
5.7 miNE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Lerwick Observatory, Law Ting Holm
146 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.
4.8 miN
Museum, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Scalloway Castle, Mainland
123 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.
5.1 miNW
Island
Oxna
130 min walk • Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. The island has been uninhabited since the First World War, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home. Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast.
4.8 miS
59°59'52"N • 1°15'20"W
Hoswick Visitor Centre, Forewick Holm
122 min walk • Visitor center, Museum
6.1 miSE
Island
Peerie Bard
155 min walk • Perie Bard is one of the Shetland Islands. It is a small islet off the east coast of the island of Mousa. Although named 'Perie Bard' on OS Maps, the name used in Shetland is "Peerie Bard".
2.9 miS
Archaeological site
Catpund, Forewick Holm
76 min walk • Catpund is a quarry site in Shetland, Scotland, where steatite vessels were cut from the rock from prehistory onwards. The quarrying marks are still visible today.
4.9 miN
Village
Scalloway
126 min walk • In addition to its historical attractions, Scalloway boasts a picturesque harbor where visitors can watch traditional fishing boats and yachts bobbing on the crystal-clear waters. The village's maritime heritage is on display at the Shetland Bus Memorial, which...
5.8 miNW
Island
Linga
148 min walk • Linga is a small island off Hildasay in the Shetland Islands. It is one of the Scalloway Islands. Haswell-Smith compares Hildasay and the adjacent islands to a yeti's footprint, with Linga as the big toe.