Tingwall Kirk

Tingwall Kirk is a church in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Tingwall Kirk is situated nearby to the historic site burial aisle 20m SSE of Tingwall Parish Church, as well as near the peak Hill of Northsetter.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Church of Scotland
Description: 1788-90 church building in Tingwall, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Address: Shetland, ZE2 9SB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lerwick Tingwall Airport.

Lerwick Tingwall Airport

Aerodrome

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Tingwall Airport, also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of Gott, 5 miles northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.

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 Tingwall Kirk.

Scalloway

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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.