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Symbister
Symbister — largest village and port on the island of Whalsay, Shetland.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Symbister is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1904. Recent population estimates put it at around 797 people. Wikidata describes it as: "largest village and port on the island of Whalsay, Shetland". Coordinates: 60.3500°, -1.0200°.
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Symbister is the largest village and port on Whalsay, an island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. The population in 1991 was 797. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small fishing boats as well as large deep sea trawlers. The village is overlooked by the granite mansion Symbister House, built by the Sixth Robert Bruce of Symbister in 1823. The harbour is also known by the names Bay Of Symbister, Symbister Harbour and Symbister Old Harbour. The Pier House, now a museum, was once the centre for the export of dried and salted fish to the Hanseatic League, an alliance of trading guilds that established and maintained a trade monopoly over much of Northern Europe between the 13th and 17th centuries.
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Background
History
The island has been inhabited for more than 4000 years as witnessed by the Neolithic houses of Yoxie and Benie. An Iron Age block house to the northeast overlooks the Loch of Huxter. In the 14th century, the Huxters took over the island and held it until they went bankrupt in the 1830s. Germans also sailed to Symbister for trading and brought their goods, iron tools, seeds, salt and cloth to barter for dried and salted fish from the island. Tobset Bruce built the Symbister House at a cost of more than £30,000 using granite in 1823. In the 1850s, Robert Bruce of Symbister leased part of his estate to Robert Mouatvery, a merchant who illtreated his tenants and exploited the four estates.…
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- Coordinates
- 60.3500, -1.0200
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE2 9AF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Population
- 797
- Established
- 1904
Sources
- wikidata: Q1293028 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Symbister (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Symbister Harbour, Whalsay - geograph.org.uk - 116092.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Symbister?
- Symbister is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE2 9AF).
- When was Symbister built?
- Built or established in 1904.
- Is Symbister free to visit?
- Yes, Symbister is free to enter.
- How do I get to Symbister?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE2 9AF. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.