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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Unst and Baltasound Junior High School.
Unst
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom.
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″ northLongitude
-0.87407° or 0° 52′ 27″ westOpen location code
9CGXQ45G+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 71123701OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=church
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