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Kids Days Out in Shetlands |
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We
always suggest you ring beforehand if visiting with disabled children as
all attractions within the place you are visiting may not be accessible,
depending on disablement, and whether or not if you have a helper. |
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Clickimin Leisure Complex,
Lochside, Lerwick,
Shetland, ZE1 0PJ Tel 01595 741000 |
Sports facilities plus 2 flumes, outdoor lagoon, kiddies pool, a giant bubble pool and rapid river with water cannons, bubble beds and river gueysers. Cafeteria. |
Yes |
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Quendale Water Mill,
Dunrossness, Shetland ZE2 9JD, Tel01950 460969 |
An excellent insight to life on the Shetland Islands over the last one hundred years (and more). Refreshments, craft shop. | Please ring |
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Hermaness National
Nature Reserve, Nr Haroldwick, Tel 01595 693345 www.nature.shetland.co.uk |
Overlooking Muckle Flugga, Britain's most northerly point, Hermaness provides a wonderful haven for over 100,000 seabirds including puffins, seacliffs, offshore arches and stacks. | Please ring |
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Broch of
Clickimin, Lerwick, Shetland, |
A partially demolished broch (round tower) on an island on the southern shore of the Loch of Clickimin, and dating back to 700-500 BC |
No |
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Mousa Broch, Mousa Island, Shetland Tel 01466 793191 |
The best preserved broch in Scotland. With its Iron Age drystone tower it reaches a height of around 40ft. |
No |
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Jarlshof Prehistoric Site, Sumburgh Head, 22m South of Lerwick, Shetland Tel 01950 460112 |
Archaeological site dating back to the late Bronze Age, It includes oval-shaped Bronze Age houses, Iron Age broch and wheelhouses, Viking long houses, medieval farmstead and 16th century laird’s house. |
No |
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Scalloway Castle,
Scalloway, Shetland |
Ruined Castle - Built by Earl Patrick Stewart in 1600 much is in ruins, or does not exist at all, however the tower house has been somewhat restored. |
Ground floor only |
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