Villages & towns in Shetland IslandsShetland Islands, Scotland

7 villages and towns in the Albion Guide across Shetland Islands — see the full villages and towns directory, or everything to explore in Shetland Islands.

Lerwick

Shetland's capital and only town, a stone waterfront of 18th-century lodberries and narrow lanes above a busy harbour.

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Shetland's former capital, a west-coast fishing village of colourful houses below the ruined Scalloway Castle.

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A Northmavine village on a peninsula, once a Hanseatic trading station and now near the Eshaness cliffs.

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One of Britain's most northerly villages, on Unst, home to the Unst Heritage Centre and a Viking longship replica.

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A small waterside village of red-painted buildings at the head of a sea inlet in the central Mainland.

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A sheltered West Mainland village around a natural harbour, gateway to the island of Foula.

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A fishing village at the north end of Yell, near the white sands of Breckon.

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