| Directories: - UK BUSINESS DIRECTORY -: Scotland - Highlands & Islands: YOUR COMMUNITY: Community Council: Dunrossness Community Council |
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| About Our Organisation... Dunrossness is the southernmost parish/ community council district in Shetland. It is a narrow peninsula of land extending from Bigton and Levenwick in the North to Sumburgh Head in the South. The Community Council area includes the island of Fair Isle, which lies approximately 25 miles south of the mainland, between Shetland and Orkney. The settlement pattern in Dunrossness is diverse – it includes compact villages, clusters of estate housing, loose patterns of croft houses and cottages and ribbon development of new bungalows. It has the most extensive fertile farmland in Shetland.Population - Dunrossness has 535 households and an electorate of 1230 (as at June 98: Electoral Registrar). The census figures for the area are as follows. The next official census is 2001; no sources of estimated population for the area have been identified. | ||||||
| About Our Services & What we
do... Scenic Attractions in the area include: Sumburgh Head, Pool of Virkie, Spiggie Loch, Scousburgh Sands, St. Ninian's Isle and Tombolo, Sands at: Grutness, West Voe, Quendale, Scousburgh, Rerwick, Maywick and Levenwick, Grutness Beach, West Voe Beach, Fair Isle Local Crafts include: Pokerwork, Bigton Craft Center, Sheepskins, Knitted Goods, Shetland Collections - Knitwear, Shetland Lace Shawls, Fair Isle Crafts. Guided Tours include: Island Trails and Shetland Wildlife Tours | ||||||
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| More About us... On our site you'll find information on local shops, garages, transport services and various types of accommodation. Air Services: Sumburgh Airport is Shetland’s main airport, as well as being the main employer in the area. It is open 7 days a week. BRA operates flights to Aberdeen and Glasgow and Loganair operates flights to Orkney, Inverness, Edinburgh, Wick and Unst, both on behalf of British Airways. Loganair also operates flights from Tingwall Airport to the airstrip on Fair Isle. Bus Services: There is a bus service from Sumburgh to Lerwick linking with flights. There are bus feeder services to Bigton / Scousburgh. Marina: A marina at Virkie is operated by the Ness Boating Club Ferry Services: Piers are situated at Grutness and Fair Isle. The SIC operates a ferry service 3 trips per week between Fair Isle and Grutness, plus one every 2nd Thursday to Lerwick to enable residents to make a day trip. From Oct – April there is only one service per week. Roads: A good network of roads serves the area with many single-track roads with passing places. | ||||||
| Dunrossness Community Council http://www.dunrossnesscc.shetland.gov.uk/ Dunrossness Community Council Ringesta, Quendale, Shetland, ZE2 9JD Tel: 01950 460868 | ||||||
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