Must-see attractions in Lerwick

  • Hay's Dock is the last remaining area of original dock on the Lerwick waterfront and a category B listed building. It now houses the Shetland Museum. Lerwick is the main port and city of the Shetland Islands.

    Shetland Museum

    Lerwick

    This museum houses an impressive collection of 5000 years’ worth of culture, people and their interaction with this ancient landscape. Comprehensive but…

  • Clickimin Broch

    Lerwick

    This fortified site, just under a mile southwest of Lerwick's town centre, was occupied from the 7th century BC to the 6th century AD. It’s impressively…

  • Shetland Textile Museum

    Lerwick

    A mile north of the centre of Lerwick, this four-square stone house, birthplace of P&O founder Arthur Anderson, was also once a fish-curing station. It…

  • Knab

    Lerwick

    This headland gives a marvellous perspective of the entrance to Lerwick's harbour, as well as Breiwick (bay) and Bressay. There's a golf course, parkland,…

  • Fort Charlotte

    Lerwick

    Built in 1781, this fort occupies the site of an earlier fortification built in 1665 to protect the harbour from the Dutch navy. The five-sided fortress…