Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse
Bressay Lighthouse is in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, 4 kilometres south-east of Lerwick. It is located on the island of Bressay at Kirkabister Ness overlooking Bressay Sound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bressay Lighthouse”, “Bressay, Kirkabister Ness, Lighthouse”, and “Kirkabister Lighthouse”
- Address: Shetland, ZE2 9ER
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bressay and Gilbert Bain Hospital.
Bressay
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The island of Bressay is in the Shetland Islands just east of Mainland, and is the most accessible island from Lerwick. It's a peaceful place of lochs and sea caves, arches and migrating birds that is great for hikes, panoramas, historical sites, and wildlife.
Gilbert Bain Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 northwest of Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse.
Lerwick New Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Virtual-Pano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lerwick New Cemetery is situated 2 miles north of Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lerwick and Sound.
Lerwick
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
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 2½ miles northwest of Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse.
Gulberwick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Gulberwick is situated 3 miles west of Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse.
Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.11999° or 60° 7′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.12147° or 1° 7′ 17″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9CGW4V9H+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 151365977OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11694305Wikidata ID
Q12053524
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Bressay”
- French: “Phare de Bressay”
- German: “Bressay Lighthouse”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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