Walk: Having a look at Ladies Hole

📌 Burravoe, Isle of Yell, Shetland Isles
★★★

Perhaps the best walk on the Isle of Yell, this route explores Heoga Ness: the low-lying headland protecting Burravoe Marina from southerly gales. Beyond the ness, cliffs grow in stature and the circuit gradually builds to a climax at Ladies Hole: a crescent cove home to seabirds including puffins and black guillemots during late spring and early summer.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish at minor road end, Burravoe Marina, Isle of Yell

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: HU 526797

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 60.497543,-1.044265

❌ No public transport within 1 mi

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 6 km / 4 mi | ▲ 90 m | ⌛ 2-2.5 hr

Features: ⛵ Burravoe Marina; 🌊 Heoga Ness; 🌊 Ladies Hole

⬤ Moderate | Grassy coastal walking, mostly with a faint path. One steepish ascent & some boggy areas, especially after Ladies Hole. Final section on minor road.

➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start & Burravoe Marina – Heoga Ness (anticlockwise circuit) – top of Ladies Hole – head west to join minor road inland – start

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Sheep & lambs, rabbits, cormorants / shags, gulls, fulmars, black guillemots, two puffins (at Ladies Hole), oystercatchers, snipe, ringed plover, wheatears, crabs.

Weather: 19°C, breezy, sunny with some cloud sheets.

June 2024