St John’s Church

St John’s Church is a church in Shetland Islands, Scotland. St John’s Church is situated nearby to the sports venue Unst Leisure Centre, as well as near the college UHI Shetland - North Isles LC1.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Unst and Baltasound Junior High School.

Unst

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Unst is the most northerly inhabited island of the Shetland Islands, north of mainland Scotland, with a population of 632 in 2011. Life here was traditionally based on herring fishing: the herring now are sparse but small-scale fishing continues, along with sheep farming.

Baltasound Junior High School

School

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Baltasound Junior High School is situated 2,200 feet west of St John’s Church.

Unst Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Unst Airport also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near Baltasound, on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The airfield has effectively been mothballed since 1996 and is now only used by the emergency services.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baltasound and Hamar.

Baltasound

Village

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Baltasound is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The village lies halfway along the island's east coast on a sheltered bay called Balta Sound.

Hamar

Locality

Photo: Helspence, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hamar is a locality, which is situated 2 miles east of St John’s Church.

Haroldswick

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haroldswick or Harold's Wick, is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles. Haroldswick is situated 2½ miles northeast of St John’s Church.

St John’s Church

Type: Church
Address: Shetland, ZE2 9DY
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.75788° or 60° 45′ 28″ north

Longitude

-0.87407° or 0° 52′ 27″ west

Open location code

9CGXQ45G+59

OpenStreetMap ID

way 71123701

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

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