Beaches & swimming in Shetland IslandsShetland Islands, Scotland

A remote red-shingle beach below the slopes of Ronas Hill in Northmavine, reached only on foot.

A sheltered, family-friendly beach of exceptionally white sand on the island of West Burra.

A slender tombolo of white sand and pebbles linking West Burra to the Kettla Ness peninsula, grazed by Shetland ponies.

A clean curve of white sand in the far South Mainland, popular for swimming, near the restored Quendale watermill.

A sheltered white-sand Atlantic beach at the north of Yell, with a low-tide sea cave and ancient settlement traces.

Shetland's finest strand, a wide sweep of white sand backed by dunes at the Bay of Scousburgh in the South Mainland.

A wide white-sand beach reached through dunes on the west of Yell, with views to the north Mainland.

An award-winning crescent of pale sand just south-west of Sumburgh Airport in the South Mainland.