Alan Young Memorial
Alan Young Memorial is a memorial in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Alan Young Memorial is situated nearby to the historic site burial aisle 20m SSE of Tingwall Parish Church, as well as near the church Tingwall Kirk.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tingwall Kirk and Lerwick Tingwall Airport.
Tingwall Kirk
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tingwall Kirk is a church, which is situated 360 feet northeast of Alan Young Memorial.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.
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 2½ miles southwest of Alan Young Memorial.
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.
Haggersta
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haggersta is a village, which is situated 3½ miles northwest of Alan Young Memorial.
Alan Young Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “ERECTED BY PUBLIC DONATION IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN ALAN YOUNG TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE AIR AMBULANCE CRASH OF 20TH MAY 1996 AND WITH ESTEEM FOR THE PILOTS AND CREW WHO OPERATE THIS INVALUABLE SERVICE TO THE ISLANDS”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.17556° or 60° 10′ 32″ northLongitude
-1.24819° or 1° 14′ 54″ westOpen location code
9CGW5QG2+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 330681110OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include burial aisle 20m SSE of Tingwall Parish Church and Hill of Northsetter.
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