Available Events

Book your ticket to visit Old Scatness Broch and Iron Age Village.

Tours available every Friday at 10:30, 12:30 and 14:30. Booking advised. 
 

Celebrate Shetland’s historic and natural maritime heritage at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse for European Maritime Day.
Programme includes a guided walk: Join our expert ranger on a circular walk up Sumburgh's west coast to Sumburgh Head, returning back via Compass Head and Grutness. The walk will focus on all aspects of natural heritage, including birds, wildflowers and, if we're lucky, sea mammals.

Sunday 5th June | 11am - 3pm | Free event, booking advised 
 

Join our ranger on a guided walk around Sumburgh Head - enjoy spectacular views, beautiful wild flowers and some of the most accessible seabird colonies in Britain.

Dates: 17 June and 14 July | Time: 11am - 3pm | Ticket Price £10
 

Join us on a guided walk up the Burn of Valayre to view the plantation of native tree species, consider which species are best suited to which growing conditions, and to get some planting tips. 

Saturday 18 June | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Ticket price £10 (includes a free tree)
 

On this 2-day course we will look at the broad range of habitats found in Shetland and the flowering plants that are characteristic of these habitats.

Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th July  |  9am - 5pm each day | Ticket price £60