Sandy Loch

Sandy Loch is a reservoir in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sandy Loch is situated nearby to the quarter Sound, as well as near the village Gulberwick.

Type: Reservoir
Description: lake on South Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Sandy Loch Reservoir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shetland Museum and Fort Charlotte.

Shetland Museum

Museum

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The Shetland Museum and Archives is a museum in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. The current building at Hay's Dock was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by Charles III & Camilla and Queen Sonja of Norway.

Fort Charlotte

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Fort Charlotte in the centre of Lerwick, Shetland, is an artillery fort, roughly five sided, with bastions on each of three landward corners, and half-bastions on the corners of the seaward face.

Gilbert Bain Hospital

Hospital

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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 Lerwick and Scalloway.

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.

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.