Duncan House

Duncan House is a building in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Duncan House is situated nearby to the reservoir Sandy Loch, as well as near Lerwick Baptist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shetland Museum and Gilbert Bain Hospital.

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. Shetland Museum is situated 1½ miles northeast of Duncan House.

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. Gilbert Bain Hospital is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Duncan House.

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. Fort Charlotte is situated 1½ miles northeast of Duncan House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sound and Gulberwick.

Sound

Quarter

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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.

Gulberwick

Village

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Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi southwest of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, which contains approximately 200 houses. In recent years the number of houses in the area has increased due to its nearness to Shetland's capital and biggest town, Lerwick.