Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve will open for the 2017 season this weekend with a customary blast of the restored Foghorn. Read More »

Visual artist, Ellis O'Connor will arrive at Sumburgh Head to take up her month long residency on Tuesday 1st November. Read More »

The Sumburgh Head Foghorn, located at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland, was awarded a prestigious Engineering Heritage Award by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on Friday 30 September. Read More »

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve will open again during the October school holidays to take part in the national 2016 Big Draw event. Read More »

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve is set to receive an award for the restored Foghorn – the last working example of its kind in the country, and perhaps the world. Read More »

Dutch author and knitter, Carla Meijsen has arrived at Sumburgh Head to take up an art residency during August. Read More »

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VISITORS PLEASE NOTE that the cafe will be closed on Saturday 30th April while an art workshop is held in the Stevenson Centre. Read More »

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve will re-open on Friday 25th March. This year will see a number of new additions and changes to enhance the visitor experience, including a cafe facility. Read More »

Jackie Lakely is a mixed media artist living just outside Chicago, and has arrived at Sumburgh Head to take her place as Artist-in-Residence for March. Read More »