Sumburgh

Sumburgh is a small town in the south of Mainland in the Shetland Islands. Its main attraction is Jarlshof, where you can see 4,000 years of continuous human habitation.

Beach next to the A970 near Sumburgh

Understand

Get in

By plane

• 🌍 Sumburgh Airport (LSI  ^IATA). is the main airport serving Shetland.  

See Shetland#By plane for additional details.

By bus

Bus #6 from Lerwick runs to/from Sumburgh every 1.5-2hrs daily. The bus stops at both the airport and the hotel/Jarlshof. It costs £2.70 for a one-way ticket from Lerwick (see timetables for South Mainland).

Get around

To get to more than the airport, hotel or Jarlshof, a car would be necessary.

See

Jarlshof

• 🌍 Jarlshof, ZE3 9JN, ☎ [phone]. 09:30-17:30. A prehistoric site which covers over 4,000 years of human habitation and structures. It has structures from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Viking and Medieval eras. Tickets are available from the visitor center in the summer and the hotel in the winter. £5.50/adult, £4.40/conces, £3.30/child.  
• 🌍 Sumburgh Head. Apr-Sep: daily 11:00-17:30. Oct-Mar: access by prior arrangement only (call [phone]). Lighthouse, visitor centre and Nature Reserve. Season ticket (valid from Apr-Sep): £6 adults, £4 concessions. (updated Jan 2016)
• 🌍 Old Scatness (Near the airport). Only open between mid-May till the beginning of September. An Iron Age Broch and Village, discovered when the main road was built in the 70ies. (updated Nov 2015)
• 🌍 Quendale Watermill, Dunrossness, ZE2 9JD (About 4 miles north of the airport. There are signs on the main road A970.), ☎ [phone] (when open), [phone] (at all other times). Mid-April to mid-October: daily 10:00-17:00; Nov-Mar: closed. (updated Nov 2015)
• Crofthouse Museum, Boddam, Dunrossness, ☎ [phone]. May-Sep: open daily. Free (donation). (updated Dec 2015)
• 🌍 Spiggie Loch. A Special Protection Area. 

Do

See Shetland ponies.

Buy

Souvenirs are available at Jarlshof and the hotel.

Eat

Sumburgh Hotel's West Voe restaurant.

Drink

Sumburgh Hotel has a small public bar independent of the dining room. They have local beers available in bottles.

Sleep

• 🌍 Sumburgh Hotel, ZE3 9JN, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. from £85/single, £130/double. 

Connect

Go next

Lerwick or Sandwick via bus #6.

• 🌍 Grutness ferry terminal (Mainland). to Fair Isle (2 hours 40 minutes)