Hillside Free Church, Baliasta, Unst
Hillside Free Church, Baliasta, Unst is a ruins in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Hillside Free Church, Baliasta, Unst is situated nearby to Baltasound Junior High School, as well as near the college UHI Shetland - North Isles LC1.- Type: Ruins
- Description: church building on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hillside Free Church” and “Unst, Baliasta, Hillside Free Church”
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 1,100 feet southeast of Hillside Free Church, Baliasta, Unst.
Houlland, Unst
House
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Houlland, Unst is a house, which is situated 1 mile northwest of Hillside Free Church, Baliasta, Unst.
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
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Hamar is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles east of Hillside Free Church, Baliasta, Unst.
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 3 miles northeast of Hillside Free Church, Baliasta, Unst.
Hillside Free Church, Baliasta, Unst
- Categories: church and building
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.76115° or 60° 45′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.89105° or 0° 53′ 28″ westOpen location code
9CGXQ465+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 798144827OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsWikidata ID
Q17853362
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