Westerwick

Westerwick

Wester Wick Inlet with Westerwick village in distance
Westerwick
 Westerwick shown within Shetland
OS grid referenceHU283427
Civil parishSandsting
Council areaShetland
Lieutenancy areaShetland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01595
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentOrkney and Shetland
Scottish ParliamentShetland
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 60°10′08″N 1°29′20″W / 60.169°N 1.489°W / 60.169; -1.489

Westerwick is a settlement on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Sandsting.[1] It faces south with high cliffs on both sides of the wick. There is a small stony beach at the head, and the surrounding land is greener with fewer rocky outcrops than the usual Shetland scene.

Westerwick is separated from Silwick by the Ward of Silwick and is about three miles from Skeld, on the West Shetland Mainland. There are just a few houses here and the whole area makes for fine cliff walking.

Westerwick was the birthplace of Thomas Alexander Robertson, better known as the poet Vagaland.

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