Shetland Tourist Guides

– Step-on guide: The guide will simply “step-on” to the visitor’s transport and accompany them on their tour.
– Town walk: Walking tours in Lerwick, Shetland’s capital (some guides specify a maximum number of guests, shown in brackets)
– Walking tours: Walking tours in various areas of Shetland. These often have a specific focus or interest, such as wildlife etc., which is then listed. (some guides specify a maximum number of guests, shown in brackets).
– Driver guide: Uses own transport, such as car, minibus or coach to travel where and when the vistors require. (maximum passenger capacity shown).

Special Interests:
Archaeology, Agriculture, Arts & Crafts, Birds, Dance, Dialect, Fishing industry,
Folklore, Gardens, Genealogy, Geology, History, Knitting, Spinning & Wool, Life in modern Shetland,
Lighthouses, Music, Oil & Gas, old Lerwick, Photography, Place Names, Ponies, Renewable Energy,
Up Helly Aa, Wild Flowers, Wildlife.

Languages:
German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Norwegian, Dutch, Russian, Czech, Polish

Use the Search box on the right to enter selection criteria for your guide:

OUR GUIDES	Guide Type	Languages	Special Interests	Phone/Mobile email/website * If Contact via Email does not direct you to your E-mail program, Right-Click the link and copy the Email Address to copy and then past into you Email program.

David Anderson	Step on Town walks Walking tours		Archaeology Dancing Gardening Geology Photography Place names Wildlife Wild flowers	01950 460473 07831 232713 Contact via Email*
Margaret Anderson	Step-on		Archaeology, Dialect, Knitting, Spinning and Wool, Life in Shetland, Wild Flowers	01806 522043 07810 034854 Contact via Email*
Robina Barton	Driver Guide, Walking, Step-on		Geology, Archaeology, Wildlife, Arts&Crafts, Dance	07921 316251 Contact via Email* www.selkieventures.co.uk
Pat Burgess	Step-on, Walking tours (max 35)	French, Norwegian, German, Spanish	Knitting, Spinning & Wool, Old Lerwick, Up Helly Aa, Wild Flowers, Wildlife	01950 460381 0799 0 515100 Contact via Email*
Edna Burke	Step-on, Town walks		Up Helly Aa, Old Lerwick, Life in Modern Shetland	01595 695287 07808970353 Contact via Email*
Arnold Duncan	Step on, Town Walks, Scalloway Walks		Local History, Scalloway Castle, the Stewart connection	01595 880419 Contact via Email*
Willis Margaret Duncan	Step-on, Walking Tours	Portuguese	Wildlife, Archaeology, Geology, Folklore, Dialect	01595 880512 077 657 96069 Contact via Email*
Ingirid Eunson	Step-on, Town Walks, Walking Tours, Fair Isle Tours		Wildlife, Crofting, Knitting, Art, Archaeology, Food and drink, Shetland Tradition and Culture, Walking	01595 840 565 07780924666 Contact via Email*
Jolene Garriock	Step-on, Town Walks		Life in Shetland	01595 693727 07753 628692 Contact via Email*
Anita Georgeson	Step-on, Town walks, Walking tours		Fishing Industry, Dialect, History, Oil & Gas, Old Lerwick, Archeology, Life in Shetland	01595 830440 07787 736702 Contact via Email*
Laurie Goodlad	Step-on, Walks		Archaeology; Dialect; Fishing Industry; Folklore; Geology; History; Old Lk; Place-names	01595694673 07525772957 Contact via Email*
Nadia Gould	Step-on, Town Walks	Russian	Natural and social history of Shetland,	01595 695385 07786 778305 Contact via Email*
Jim Gray	Step-on, Town walks, Walking tours		Agriculture Crofting, Archeology, Dialect, Geneaology, History, Life in Shetland, Military, Old Lerwick, Place names	01595 880815 07568 274160 Contact via Email*
Roy Greenwald	Driver: small group tours		Photography, Dance, Shetland Music	01595 692080 Contact via Email* www.shetland tours.co.uk
Nat Hall	Step-on, Walking tours with a focus on nature and coast	French	“Wild Shetland”, History, Arts (writing and photography), Shetland life & culture	Contact via Email* http://nordicblackbird .weebly.com/
Mandy Henderson	Guiding- Step-on, Town walks , Walks		History, Archaeology, Wildlife, Wild flowers, Life in Shetland , Sport	01595695122 07787790675 Contact via Email*
Robin Hunter	Step-on, Walking tours with a focus on hill and coastal walks		Archaeology, Birds, Dialect, Geneaology, Place names	01950 477830 07810 280175 Contact via Email*
Linda Johnston	Step-on, Town Walks, Country Walks		Local History, Culture, Dialect, Shetland Gardens, Mousa	01950 477331 07500 289581 Contact via Email*
Deborah Lamb	Step-on, Walking tours with a focus on archaeology, Town Walks		Archaeology (specialist & general) Knitting Spinning Wool	01595 880550 07796 220489 Contact via Email*
Melvyn Leask	Step-on, Town walks		Music Up Helly Aa Dialect	01595 741212 07786 596689 Contact via Email*
Neville Martin	Step On, Town Walk, Walking tours		General, History especially WW2 Archaeology Life in Modern Shetland Civil Engineering Renewable Energy Tree plantations South Mainland Socialising	01950 431498 07769963425 Contact via Email*
Jacqueline Mercer	Step-on		General	01595 695269 07789 383042 Contact via Email*
Sarah McBurnie	Driver:all of Shetland		Everything	01957 711367 07747 658003 Contact via Email*, www.seeshetland. shetland.co.uk
Peter van Mill	Step-on, Town Walks, Walking tours	Dutch, German	History Fishing industry Life in modern Shetland Old Lerwick Photography	07554763130 Contact via Email
Ena Mowat	Step-on, Town Walks		Life in Shetland	01806 503338 07850 341193 Contact via Email
Gill Nadin	Step-on, Town walks, Walking tours, Driver guide		Arts & Crafts Birds Fishing industry History Knitting Spinning & Wool Life in modern Shetland Oil & Gas Place Names Renewable Energy Wild Flowers Wildlife	01595 810249 07920391899 Contact via Email*
James Nicol	Step-on, Town Walks, Walking tours, Driver guide	Norwegian (both Bokmal and NyNorsk) Swedish, Danish	Dance, History, Music, dialect and Up Helly Aa	07464463420 Contact via Email*
Wendy Nicol	Step-on, Town Walks		General	01595 840272 07818 655007 Contact via Email*
Drew Ratter	Step on guide Walks, Lerwick and rural (history/geology, limited natural history)		Archaeology Dialect Fishing Industry Folklore Geology History Military Old Lk Place-names Literature Religion in Shetland Agriculture Material culture	(0044)1806 544 295 (0044)7768 551 952 Contact via Email*

Morag Reid	Step-on		General	Contact via Email*
Les Sinclair	Driver Guide, Step-on, Town walk, Scalloway walk, Unst		Archaeology, Fishing Industry, History, Old Lerwick, Place Names	01957 711338 07979644020 Contact via Email* http://www.roundaboutshetland.co.uk
Lara Thomason	Step on, Town Walk, Walking tours, Driver Guide		Ponies, Up Helly Aa, Kinitting, History, Archaeology	07990791217 Contact via Email*

Helen Watkins	Step-on, Walking tours		Archaeology Birds History Wild Flowers Wildlife	01957 766217 Contact via Email*
Arwed Wenger	Step-on, Town walks, Country Walks	German	Life in Shetland, Social and economic development within Shetland (past and present), walks through stunning landscape, photography	01595 693973 Contact via Email*
Jim Young	Step-on, Town Walks, Walking tours		Birds, Folklore, Culture, Archaeology, History, Dialect, Shetland Bus, Place names	01595 696794 0777 5902293 Contact via Email*

)* If Contact via Email does not direct you to your E-mail program, Right-Click the link and copy the Email Address to copy and then past into you Email program.

Guides

Shetland Tourist Guides

OUR GUIDES

Guide Type

Languages

Special Interests

Phone/Mobile email/website

* If Contact via Email does not direct you to your E-mail program, Right-Click the link and copy the Email Address to copy and then past into you Email program.

David Anderson

Step on Town walks Walking tours

Archaeology Dancing Gardening Geology Photography Place names Wildlife Wild flowers

01950 460473

07831 232713

Contact via Email*

Margaret Anderson

Step-on

Archaeology, Dialect, Knitting, Spinning and Wool, Life in Shetland, Wild Flowers

01806 522043

07810 034854

Contact via Email*

Robina Barton

Driver Guide, Walking, Step-on

Geology, Archaeology, Wildlife, Arts&Crafts, Dance

07921 316251

Contact via Email*

www.selkieventures.co.uk

Pat Burgess

Step-on, Walking tours (max 35)

French, Norwegian, German, Spanish

Knitting, Spinning & Wool, Old Lerwick, Up Helly Aa, Wild Flowers, Wildlife

01950 460381

0799 0 515100

Contact via Email*

Edna Burke

Step-on, Town walks

Up Helly Aa, Old Lerwick, Life in Modern Shetland

01595 695287

07808970353

Contact via Email*

Arnold Duncan

Step on, Town Walks, Scalloway Walks

Local History, Scalloway Castle, the Stewart connection

01595 880419

Contact via Email*

Willis Margaret Duncan

Step-on, Walking Tours

Portuguese

Wildlife, Archaeology, Geology, Folklore, Dialect

01595 880512

077 657 96069

Contact via Email*

Ingirid Eunson

Step-on, Town Walks, Walking Tours, Fair Isle Tours

Wildlife, Crofting, Knitting, Art, Archaeology, Food and drink, Shetland Tradition and Culture, Walking

01595 840 565

07780924666

Contact via Email*

Jolene Garriock

Step-on, Town Walks

Life in Shetland

01595 693727

07753 628692

Contact via Email*

Anita Georgeson

Step-on, Town walks, Walking tours

Fishing Industry, Dialect, History, Oil & Gas, Old Lerwick, Archeology, Life in Shetland

01595 830440

07787 736702

Contact via Email*

Laurie Goodlad

Step-on, Walks

Archaeology; Dialect; Fishing Industry; Folklore; Geology; History; Old Lk; Place-names

01595694673

07525772957

Contact via Email*

Nadia Gould

Step-on, Town Walks

Russian

Natural and social history of Shetland,

01595 695385

Step on
Town walks
Walking tours

Archaeology
Dancing
Gardening
Geology
Photography
Place names
Wildlife
Wild flowers

Archaeology,
Dialect,
Knitting,
Spinning and Wool,
Life in Shetland,
Wild Flowers

Driver Guide,
Walking,
Step-on

Geology,
Archaeology,
Wildlife,
Arts&Crafts,
Dance

French,
Norwegian,
German,
Spanish

Knitting,
Spinning &
Wool,
Old Lerwick,
Up Helly Aa,
Wild Flowers,
Wildlife

Step-on,
Town walks

Up Helly Aa,
Old Lerwick,
Life in Modern Shetland

Step on,
Town Walks,
Scalloway Walks

Local History,
Scalloway Castle,
the Stewart connection

Wildlife,
Archaeology,
Geology,
Folklore,
Dialect

Step-on,
Town Walks,
Walking Tours,
Fair Isle Tours

Wildlife,
Crofting,
Knitting,
Art,
Archaeology,
Food and drink,
Shetland Tradition and Culture,
Walking

Step-on,
Town Walks

Step-on,
Town walks,
Walking tours

Fishing Industry,
Dialect,
History,
Oil & Gas,
Old Lerwick,
Archeology,
Life in Shetland

Archaeology;
Dialect;
Fishing Industry;
Folklore;
Geology;
History;
Old Lk;
Place-names

Step-on,
Town walks,
Walking tours

Agriculture
Crofting,
Archeology,
Dialect,
Geneaology,
History,
Life in Shetland,
Military,
Old Lerwick,
Place names

Photography,
Dance,
Shetland Music

Contact via Email*
www.shetland
tours.co.uk

“Wild Shetland”,
History,
Arts (writing and photography),
Shetland life &
culture

Contact via Email* http://nordicblackbird
.weebly.com/

History,
Archaeology,
Wildlife,
Wild flowers,
Life in Shetland ,
Sport

Step-on,
Walking tours with a focus on hill and coastal walks

Archaeology,
Birds,
Dialect,
Geneaology,
Place names

Step-on,
Town Walks,
Country Walks

Local History,
Culture,
Dialect,
Shetland Gardens,
Mousa

Step-on,
Walking tours with a focus on archaeology,
Town Walks

Archaeology (specialist & general)
Knitting
Spinning
Wool

Step-on,
Town walks

Music
Up Helly Aa
Dialect

General,
History especially WW2
Archaeology
Life in Modern Shetland
Civil Engineering
Renewable Energy
Tree plantations
South Mainland
Socialising