Veensgarth
Veensgarth, is a village in the Tingwall valley west of Lerwick on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. It includes the Vallafield housing estate. Veensgarth is also within the parish of Tingwall, and is situated at the junction of the A970 and the B9074.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Vikings-garðr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lerwick Tingwall Airport and Tingwall Kirk.
Lerwick Tingwall Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tingwall Airport, also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of Gott, 4 NM northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland.
Lerwick Power Station
Power station
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The main power supply for Shetland is provided by Lerwick Power Station, located in Gremista, 2 kilometres northwest of Lerwick town centre. This is the principal source of electrical energy for Shetland. Lerwick Power Station is situated 2½ miles southeast of Veensgarth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burwick and Sound.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands. Burwick is situated 3 miles southwest of Veensgarth.
Sound
Quarter
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lerwick is the largest town and capital of the Shetland Islands, with a population of 6760 in 2022. It's the obvious base for touring Shetland. Sound is situated 3 miles southeast of Veensgarth.
Haggersta
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haggersta is a village, which is situated 3½ miles northwest of Veensgarth.
Veensgarth
- Category: locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.18268° or 60° 10′ 58″ northLongitude
-1.22796° or 1° 13′ 41″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9CGW5QMC+3ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1838002246OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Veensgarth” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Veensgarth”
- Czech: “Veensgarth”
- Dutch: “Veensgarth”
- French: “Veensgarth”
- German: “Veensgarth”
- Polish: “Veensgarth”
- Russian: “Винсгарт”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Veensgarth”. Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.