📌 Midbrake, Isle of Yell, Shetland Isles
★★★
The Sands of Breckon is Yell’s best beach, up at the northern tip of the island. The west facing bay retains a decent strip of white sand even at high tide, backed by sand dunes, and access is easily gained from a nearby parking area. Breckon was proclaimed the world’s third best beach by Conde Nast Traveller in 2024. Err – what? It’s certainly lovely, but wouldn’t make it into our Scotland Top 5…
🌍 Location
📌 Access from minor road end at Breckon, Midbrake, Isle of Yell
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: HP 527052
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 60.726462,-1.034899
❌ No public transport within 1 mi – infrequent bus to Greenbank, 1.5 mi to southeast
🚗 Car park (gets full) at 🧭 HP 527049 / 🛰️ 60.723414,-1.036762
💬 From the car park it’s a 5-min walk downhill to the beach, on a track followed by a grassy path.
