Gulberwick
Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi southwest of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, which contains approximately 200 houses. In recent years the number of houses in the area has increased due to its nearness to Shetland's capital and biggest town, Lerwick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Scalloway Castle and Gilbert Bain Hospital.
Scalloway Castle
Castle
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Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland. Scalloway Castle is situated 2½ miles west of Gulberwick.
Gilbert Bain Hospital
Hospital
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The Gilbert Bain Hospital is a rural general hospital in the burgh of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Shetland. Gilbert Bain Hospital is situated 2½ miles northeast of Gulberwick.
Henry’s Loch
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Henry’s Loch is situated 1½ miles south of Gulberwick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quarff and Sound.
Quarff
Village
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Quarff is a small village on Mainland in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick. Quarff is situated 1½ miles south of Gulberwick.
Sound
Quarter
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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 2 miles northeast of Gulberwick.
Scalloway
Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
Gulberwick
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.12805° or 60° 7′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.20919° or 1° 12′ 33″ westElevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
9CGW4QHR+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 1837981224OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to German—“Gulberwick” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gulberwick”
- Dutch: “Gulberwick”
- French: “Gulberwick”
- German: “Gulberwick”
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