Wick of Burland
Wick of Burland is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Scalloway Castle and Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse.
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.
Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalloway and Lerwick.
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.
Lerwick
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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.
Aithsetter
Village
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aithsetter is a village on the island of Mainland, in Shetland, Scotland. Aithsetter is in the parish of Dunrossness, towards the north end of the district of Cunningsburgh and formerly of that ancient parish. It is nearly 10 miles from Lerwick.
Wick of Burland
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.1062° or 60° 6′ 22″ northLongitude
-1.2036° or 1° 12′ 13″ westOpen location code
9CGW4Q4W+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 8690559879OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Broch of Burland and Henry’s Loch.
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