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Bight of Skeo

Sea, Estuary, Creek in Shetland

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Bight of Skeo

Bay of Fladdabister from the air
Bay of Fladdabister from the air Credit: Mike Pennington

The Bight of Skeo is a small sea inlet located in the Shetland Islands, northern Scotland. It is characterized by its narrow and shallow nature, making it more akin to a creek or estuary rather than a traditional sea. The bight is situated on the eastern coast of Shetland, between the islands of Yell and the mainland.

The Bight of Skeo is surrounded by rugged and rocky coastlines, with cliffs rising high above the water's edge. The area is renowned for its stunning natural beauty, with picturesque views of the surrounding islands. The waters in the bight are generally calm, making it an ideal location for boating and fishing.

The bight is also home to a diverse range of marine life. Seals can often be spotted basking on the rocks, while seabirds such as puffins and gannets can be seen diving into the water in search of fish. The clear waters of the bight are also a haven for various species of fish, making it a popular spot for anglers.

In addition to its natural beauty, the Bight of Skeo also has historical significance. The area was once a hub for the fishing industry, with small fishing villages dotting the coastline. Today, the remnants of these villages can still be seen, adding to the charm and character of the bight.

Overall, the Bight of Skeo is a picturesque and tranquil sea inlet, offering visitors a unique blend of natural beauty and historical significance. Whether it's exploring the rugged coastline, fishing in the calm waters, or simply enjoying the peaceful surroundings, the bight is a must-visit destination for nature lovers and history enthusiasts alike.

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Images are sourced within 2km of 60.090276/-1.2077902 or Grid Reference HU4434. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Bay of Fladdabister from the air
Bay of Fladdabister from the air
Quarff Leog between Quarff and Fladdabister
Quarff Leog between Quarff and Fladdabister
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Quarff The densely packed flowerheads, and tallness, help distinguish this from other thistles.
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Quarff
The densely packed flowerheads, and tallness, help distinguish this from other thistles.
Bay of Fladdabister Bay of Fladdabister with cargo ships passing the coastline
Bay of Fladdabister
Bay of Fladdabister with cargo ships passing the coastline
A970 at Quarff The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> SABRE
A970 at Quarff
The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. LinkExternal link SABRE
Bus Stop on the A970 at Quarff The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> SABRE
Bus Stop on the A970 at Quarff
The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. LinkExternal link SABRE
A970, Easter Quarff The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> SABRE
A970, Easter Quarff
The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. LinkExternal link SABRE
Bus Stop on A970 near Easter Quarff The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> SABRE
Bus Stop on A970 near Easter Quarff
The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. LinkExternal link SABRE
A970 between Quarff and Fladdabister The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A970">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> SABRE
A970 between Quarff and Fladdabister
The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places. LinkExternal link SABRE
Fladdabister: postbox № ZE2 13 The postbox serving Fladdabister is outside the actual village, and up on the main road by the junction. It is emptied at 9 o'clock each morning except Sunday.
Fladdabister: postbox № ZE2 13
The postbox serving Fladdabister is outside the actual village, and up on the main road by the junction. It is emptied at 9 o'clock each morning except Sunday.
Quarff: postbox № ZE2 64 and phone This postbox was probably moved here ten years or so ago when the post office (wherever it was) closed. It stands next to a modern phone box and a bus shelter on the main road, by the chief turning to the village. The postbox is emptied at 9am each weekday and Saturday.
Quarff: postbox № ZE2 64 and phone
This postbox was probably moved here ten years or so ago when the post office (wherever it was) closed. It stands next to a modern phone box and a bus shelter on the main road, by the chief turning to the village. The postbox is emptied at 9am each weekday and Saturday.
Quarff: the church A view from the main road in a drizzle!
Quarff: the church
A view from the main road in a drizzle!
Ruined roadside croft houses Two of the numerous ruined croft houses at Fladdabister.
Ruined roadside croft houses
Two of the numerous ruined croft houses at Fladdabister.
Large ruined croft house at Fladdabister One of the larger of several ruined croft houses to be found to the south of the village of Fladdabister.
Large ruined croft house at Fladdabister
One of the larger of several ruined croft houses to be found to the south of the village of Fladdabister.
Ruined Croft Small Ruined Croft
Ruined Croft
Small Ruined Croft
Quarff: view from the Aberdeen ferry Looking across the Shetland mainland at 7am as the ferry approaches Lerwick, along the Quarff valley. The crane vessel, Thialf, moored in the foreground is apparently the largest such vessel in the world.
Quarff: view from the Aberdeen ferry
Looking across the Shetland mainland at 7am as the ferry approaches Lerwick, along the Quarff valley. The crane vessel, Thialf, moored in the foreground is apparently the largest such vessel in the world.
Easter Quarff Grassland at the eastern end of the Quarff Gap.
Easter Quarff
Grassland at the eastern end of the Quarff Gap.
Misty coastline A section of coast north of Quarff which gives lovely walking on exposed bedrock and cropped turf.
Misty coastline
A section of coast north of Quarff which gives lovely walking on exposed bedrock and cropped turf.
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Bight of Skeo is located at Grid Ref: HU4434 (Lat: 60.090276, Lng: -1.2077902)

Unitary Authority: Shetland Islands

Police Authority: Highlands and Islands

What 3 Words

///spotty.starfish.lends. Near Scalloway, Shetland Islands

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