Michaelswood
Michaelswood is a forest in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Michaelswood is situated nearby to the village Aith, as well as near the hamlet Verdaskule.Places of Interest
Highlights include Aith Lifeboat Station.
Aith Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: John Dally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aith Lifeboat Station is located at the southern end of Aith Voe, in Aith, a village on the north-west coast of the mainland of the Shetland archipelago, approximately 18 miles from Lerwick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twatt and Aith.
Twatt
Hamlet
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Twatt is a settlement in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It is located on the Shetland Mainland on a minor road that leads from the A971 road to Clousta, north of Bixter.
Aith
Village
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Aith, is a village on the Northern coast of the West Shetland Mainland, Scotland at the southern end of Aith Voe, some 21 miles west of Lerwick. Aith lies on the B9071 that runs south to the junction with the A971 at the village of Bixter and North East via East Burrafirth to the junction with the A970 at the village of Voe.
Clousta
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clousta is a hamlet on Mainaland, in the island's west, Shetland, Scotland. Approximately seventy people live here, many of whom are commuters, but local industries include mussel farming, and crofting. Clousta is in the parish of Sandsting.
Michaelswood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.2858° or 60° 17′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.3859° or 1° 23′ 9″ westOpen location code
9CGW7JP7+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 922917790OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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