📌 West Burra, Shetland Isles
★★★
Travel south through the Burra archipelago from Scalloway and eventually you’ll reach Kettla Ness: an uninhabited peninsula connected to the south end of West Burra by the beautiful Minn Beach. Circumnavigating the headland makes an excellent half day walk; the west side has impressive cliffs to admire – eventually leading to a narrow promontory at The Heugg – before a gentler return along the east coast.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at minor road end in Duncansclett, West Burra
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: HU 368310
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 60.061723,-1.340862
🚌 Bus to Papil, nearby to north
🚗 Car park (gets full)
📝 Key info
▶ 8 km / 5 mi | ▲ 150 m | ⌛ 2.5-3 hr
Features: 🏖️ Minn Beach ★★★; 🌊 Kettla Ness
⬤ Moderate | Grassy coastline, sometimes with faint paths. A couple of fences must be carefully climbed.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – Minn Beach – anticlockwise circuit of Kettla Ness, taking in The Heugg headland
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Sheep & lambs, rabbits, Arctic skuas, shags, black-throated divers, fulmars, oystercatchers, gulls, terns, ringed plovers, starlings, wheatears.
Weather: Mostly overcast, temperature in mid teens with a brisk wind.
June 2024
