Knab coastal walk
The best way to start a day in Lerwick
The Knab is the rocky headland at the southern edge of Lerwick's old town, and the path round it is the town's own coastal walk.
From the waterfront, the road runs south past the Lodberries, the old stone stores built right onto the water, where the television detective Jimmy Perez lives in the BBC's Shetland, and on towards the cemetery.
The path round the headland keeps close to the coast, with Second World War defences below, views across Bressay Sound to the Ward of Bressay, a viewpoint over the point of the Knab and the edge of the golf course. Clickimin Broch is a short step from the end, and the way back into town passes Hay's Dock and the Shetland Museum. The whole loop from Victoria Pier is about 6 kilometres and 2 hours, on pavements and good paths. It is a good walk in the early morning light.
Open at any time and free.
The loop starts from Victoria Pier in Lerwick and goes out round the Knab: about 6 kilometres and 2 hours, on pavements and good paths.
- Getting there
- From Victoria Pier, Lerwick, on foot.
- Walk
- 6km, about 2 hours for the loop.
- Going
- Pavements and good paths.
The Knab, Lerwick.
The Shetland BookshopA family bookshop with a wide range of Shetland books.Under a mile2 min by road
Vaila Fine ArtA commercial gallery on Commercial Street, showing Shetland painters.Under a mile2 min by road
Shetland Seabird ToursThe Noss boat: gannets at eye level, out of Victoria Pier.Under a mile2 min by road
The DowryCoffee by day and drinks by night, on Commercial Street.Under a mile2 min by road
Clickimin BrochAn Iron Age broch on the shore of Clickimin Loch at the edge of Lerwick, with a thousand years of settlement around it.1 mile4 min by road
Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.
For further reading, before you go.