Hillside Scalloway Holiday Lets

Hillside, Westshore, Shetland, ZE2 9LG

Hillside comprises of spacious 3 double bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, utility room, living room with stunning views of Scalloway. It’s an ideal base to explore Shetland and the fabulous dark skies above.

Stay & gaze - this location benefits from dark skies, relatively low levels of light pollution, is astronomy friendly and suitable for stargazing breaks. If you visit and find that the location is not dark sky friendly please let us know!

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Weather forecast

19:00
27/07/21

14° 9%
22:00
27/07/21

12° 15%
01:00
28/07/21

12° 11%
04:00
28/07/21

12° 12%

Weather forecast for Tingwall (lerwick) Airport (2.3 miles away) updated 27/07/21 at 20:00.

Local light pollution

Hillside Scalloway Holiday Lets is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on satellite data from CPRE.

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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.

Light pollution map of Hillside Scalloway Holiday Lets

Best time to visit

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

The below chart shows when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing. See our dark sky calendar for more details.