Unst Heritage Centre
The story of Britain's northernmost island, and the island's information point.
The Heritage Centre at Haroldswick is where Unst explains itself: the crofting and the fishing, the lace and the Fair Isle knitting, the families and the incomers, the RAF years at Saxa Vord and what happened when they ended.
It doubles as the island's information point, so it is also the place to ask what is open, which boat is running and whether the road to Hermaness is worth it today. There is a shop with knitting patterns and local books. Unst is Britain's northernmost island, and an hour here explains much of what you see on the drive north.
- How long
- Three quarters of an hour to an hour and a half
- Their website
- unstheritage.co.uk
- Telephone
- 01957 711528
At Haroldswick, near the north end of Unst.
The SkidbladnerA full-size Viking longship, beached at Haroldswick on Unst.Under a mile1 min by road
Shetland ReelGin and whisky from Unst, the most northerly distillery in Britain.1 mile3 min by road
Saxa Vord DistilleryThe most northerly distillery in Britain, on the old RAF site at the top of Unst, where Shetland Reel gin is made.1 mile3 min by road
Keen of HamarA landscape that looks like nowhere else2 miles4 min by road
Hermaness National Nature ReserveThe northern tip of Unst, over Muckle Flugga: clifftop puffins, gannets and bonxies, an hour's walk from the car park.2 miles6 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.