Bigton Telephone Exchange

Bigton Telephone Exchange is a building in Shetland Islands, Scotland which is located on Levenwick. Bigton Telephone Exchange is situated nearby to the peak Sneu of Ellister, as well as near The Runn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Levenwick Broch and Loch of Vatsetter.

Levenwick Broch

Archaeological site

Photo: Derek Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Levenwick Broch is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Bigton Telephone Exchange.

Loch of Vatsetter

Photo: Robert Sandison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch of Vatsetter is situated 1½ miles west of Bigton Telephone Exchange.

St Ninian’s Chapel

Ruins

Photo: Helspence, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Ninian’s Chapel is a ruins, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bigton Telephone Exchange.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Levenwick and Hoswick.

Levenwick

Village

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Levenwick is a small village about 17 miles south of Lerwick, on the east side of the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is part of the parish of Dunrossness and the Levenwick Health Centre provides medical support for the Dunrossness area.

Hoswick

Village

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoswick is a settlement in Sandwick in the south mainland of Shetland, Scotland, on the eastern part of the Dunrossness civil parish. It is separated from the rest of Sandwick by the Hoswick Burn and from Channerwick in the south by the hill on which the settlement is situated.

Bigton

Village

Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Bigton is within the civil parish of Dunrossness. The Stewarts owned Bigton from 1634. Bigton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bigton Telephone Exchange.

Bigton Telephone Exchange

Type: Building
Address: Levenwick, Shetland, ZE2 9HY
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.98658° or 59° 59′ 12″ north

Longitude

-1.28349° or 1° 17′ 1″ west

Operator

Openreach

Open location code

9CFWXPP8+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1127361165

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sneu of Ellister and The Runn.

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