Villages in Whalsay

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.

Huxter is a crofting township in southeastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland.

village on Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK