Haroldswick
Haroldswick or Harold's Wick, is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Unst Heritage Centre and Haroldswick Methodist Church.
Unst Bus Shelter
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The Unst Bus Shelter, also known as Bobby's Bus Shelter, is a bus shelter and bus stop near the village of Baltasound, on the isle of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Unst Bus Shelter is situated 1½ miles south of Haroldswick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burrafirth and Hamar.
Burrafirth
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burrafirth links is a strip of land with a few houses on the island of Unst, Shetland, Scotland. It separates the fjord Burra Firth from the Loch of Cliff. Burrafirth is situated 2 miles northwest of Haroldswick.
Hamar
Locality
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Hamar is a locality, which is situated 2 miles south of Haroldswick.
Baltasound
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baltasound is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. Baltasound is situated 2½ miles southwest of Haroldswick.
Haroldswick
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.78916° or 60° 47′ 21″ northLongitude
-0.83106° or 0° 49′ 52″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9CGXQ5Q9+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 192679213OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Haroldswick” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Haroldswick”
- Danish: “Haroldswick”
- Dutch: “Haroldswick”
- French: “Haroldswick”
- German: “Haroldswick”
- Italian: “Haroldswick”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Haroldswick”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haroldswick”
- Norwegian: “Haroldswick”
- Persian: “هارولدزویک”
- Russian: “Харолдсуик”
- Scots: “Haroldswick”
- Swedish: “Haroldswick”
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