Tangwick Haa Museum
Northmavine's own history, in a laird's house above the shore.
Tangwick Haa stands above a small bay on the road out to the Eshaness cliffs, a laird's house given over to the history of Northmavine: the fishing, the crofting, the haaf men who rowed out to the deep water, the families who stayed and the ones who went.
It is told in photographs and the things themselves: tools, clothes, papers, the ordinary objects of a life lived hard at the top of Britain. Part of the display changes every year to a new theme, which is why people who live here come back to it. It is run by its own trustees and free to walk into.
- How long
- Three quarters of an hour to two hours
- Their website
- tangwickhaa.org.uk
- Telephone
- 01806 503389
Opening hours
Their website- Monday
- 11am–5pm
- Tuesday
- 11am–5pm
- Wednesday
- 11am–5pm
- Thursday
- 11am–5pm
- Friday
- 11am–5pm
- Saturday
- 11am–5pm
- Sunday
- 11am–5pm
Eshaness, Shetland.
Eshaness, ShetlandThe cliffs of an ancient volcano in Northmavine, with a lighthouse, blowholes, stacks and the storm beach of the Grind o da Navir.Under a mile3 min by road
Da Lang AyreShetland's longest beach, a long red shingle shore below Ronas Hill, reached only by sea or a hard hill walk.8 miles20 min by road
Mavis GrindThrow a stone from one ocean to the other14 miles22 min by road
Busta HouseA laird's house begun in 1588 on the shore at Brae, now a hotel, with a love story and a drowning from 1748.15 miles25 min by road
Frankie's Fish and ChipsThe most northerly chip shop in Britain.15 miles24 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.