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Lerwick Town Hall
Lerwick Town Hall in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Lerwick Town Hall 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 Town Hall is a municipal building located on Hillhead in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. It is used as an events venue and registrar's office. The building, which was also the meeting place of Shetland Islands Council until 2022, is a Category A listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
For much of the 19th century meetings of the local council were held in the Parish Kirk in Queens Lane. After a period of rapid population expansion in Lerwick associated with the growth in the herring industry, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built town hall: a site on the north Hillhead was selected. in the Scottish Baronial style and builder John M. Aitken of Lerwick won the tender competition with a price of £3,240. There were also windows presented by the Corporation of Amsterdam and the Corporation of Hamburg. Panels with the coats of arms of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Leith, which had been presented by the respective corporations, were installed in a corridor. A…
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- Coordinates
- 60.1545, -1.1464
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE1 0JN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Established
- 1883
Sources
- wikidata: Q3230272 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lerwick Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lerwick Town Hall?
- Lerwick Town Hall is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE1 0JN).
- When was Lerwick Town Hall built?
- Built or established in 1883.
- Who owns Lerwick Town Hall?
- Lerwick Town Hall is owned by | designation1 =Category A Listed Building.
- How do I get to Lerwick Town Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE1 0JN. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.