Old Path to Symbister

Old Path to Symbister

This path starts at Houss at the south end of the road on East Burra. It follows a vehicle track down to Ayre Dyke, a shingle bar joining the peninsula of Houss Ness to the rest of the island. A path is signed to a viewpoint on the Ward of Symbister, but the...
Old Road to Aith

Old Road to Aith

The track starts at HU507418 where it leaves the unclassified road to Setter. The route is a vehicle track used by farm and other vehicles accessing the still inhabited houses at Swart Houll and Bruntland, but it continues north into a now totally uninhabited...
Lighthouse Path

Lighthouse Path

Newsflash: starting in March2021 until March 2022, new recycled plastic boardwalk is being installed to retrace this historic path to the Muckle Flugga signalling station, amongst other improvements to public access and facilities. Heading northwest from...