Historic churches · Scottish Islands
Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church
Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Stuart Taylor — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church is the largest Church of Scotland congregation in Shetland, serving the islands' capital Lerwick and the surrounding area.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
There are three regular places of worship: St Columba's building is now the only Church of Scotland parish church in Lerwick. This building was constructed during the late 1820s. It is the largest church building in Shetland (and is a listed building). The church organ was installed in 1871. It was only the second Church of Scotland church building to be so equipped, following in 1866 a relaxation of the Church law on instrumental accompaniment to music in worship. As of 2014, the minister is Caroline Lockerbie. The previous minister (2002–2010) was Gordon Oliver, who was previously minister at St Andrew's Church, Lisbon and moved to the Parish of Latheron, Caithness in 2010.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 60.1525, -1.1375
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE1 0BG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q15242259 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church?
- Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE1 0BG).
- Is Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church free to visit?
- Yes, Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church is free to enter.
- How do I get to Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE1 0BG. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.