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Glansin Glass

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Glansin Glass works out of a studio at Uyeasound on Unst, making fused and blown pieces whose colours come off the island: the greens of serpentine, the greys of a haar, the blue of a good day.

You can look into the workshop and see the pieces being made. It is a long way north, on Britain’s most northerly island.

A short drive awayMuness CastleBritain’s most northerly castle, on Unst.9 min by roadSee itMuness Castle's long wall and round tower above its stone dyke.
Close by
  1. Edmondston's chickweed, small white flowers among the serpentine stones of the Keen of Hamar.Keen of HamarA landscape that looks like nowhere else8 miles13 min by road
  2. The SkidbladnerA full-size Viking longship, beached at Haroldswick on Unst.9 miles15 min by road
  3. Unst Boat HavenA shed full of Shetland boats, and the herring years that filled Baltasound.10 miles16 min by road
  4. Unst Heritage CentreThe story of Britain's northernmost island, and the island's information point.10 miles16 min by road
  5. Shetland Reel, Shetland IslandsShetland ReelGin and whisky from Unst, the most northerly distillery in Britain.10 miles18 min by road
Directions
Muness Castle's long wall and round tower above its stone dyke.AttractionsMuness Castle3.2 miles
Jars of gin botanicals on a wooden shelf in the Saxa Vord Distillery.AttractionsSaxa Vord Distillery10 miles
The cliffs and stacks of Hermaness above a calm blue sea.AttractionsHermaness National Nature Reserve12 miles
Purple flower baskets on a stone cottage wall overlooking hills and a gravel trackAttractionsWindhouse16 miles
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