📌 Muness, Isle of Unst, Shetland Isles
★★★★
This is probably our favourite beach on Unst: half a mile from the nearest road end in a remote corner of the island, and therefore never busy. A path makes access easy enough, despite copious sheep poo! Sandwick Beach also has the added interest of a cluster of early history sites nearby: an iron age house and Norse longhouse (half-submerged in sand) at the back of the bay, and a Viking chapel at the north end next to a cemetery.
🌍 Location
📌 Access from minor road end at Hannigast, Isle of Unst
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: HP 618024
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 60.700045,-0.870028
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park at 🧭 HP 619015 / 🛰️ 60.692261,-0.868024
💬 From the car park it’s a 10-min walk (each way) to the beach, following a track then a grassy path north, gently descending.
