Averlea cottage

Averlea cottage is a house in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Averlea cottage is situated nearby to the town hall Baltasound Hall, as well as near St John’s Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Unst and Unst Airport.

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.

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.

Baltasound Junior High School

School

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Baltasound Junior High School is situated 3,400 feet west of Averlea cottage.

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 Averlea cottage.

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 Averlea cottage.

Averlea cottage

Type: House
Address: Shetland, ZE2 9DT
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.75722° or 60° 45′ 26″ north

Longitude

-0.86746° or 0° 52′ 3″ west

Open location code

9CGXQ44M+V2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 787253541

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Baltasound Hall and St John’s Church.

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