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Places of Interest

Scalloway Castle

Castle

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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.

Tingwall Kirk

Church

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tingwall Kirk is a church.

Places in the Area

Scalloway

Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0.

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.

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.

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