Haroldswick
Sign in to saveHaroldswick or '''Harold's Wick' (Old Norse: Haraldsvík'', 'Harald's bay'), is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saxa Vord
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Haroldswick
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.static_image_name
- Haroldswick beach - geograph.org.uk - 722961.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- At Haroldswick beach, the white building is Bordanoost and the grey buildings just right of centre are the houses of Beach Road.
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- HP634121
- UK place.post_town
- SHETLAND
- UK place.postcode_area
- ZE
- UK place.postcode_district
- ZE2
- UK place.dial_code
- 01595
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Orkney and Shetland
- UK place.civil_parish
- Unst
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Haroldswick
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Image
- Haroldswick beach - geograph.org.uk - 722961.jpg
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- P706
- Unst
- P7959
- Shetland Islands
- P8168
- Leiningen
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Location
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Haroldswick or '''Harold's Wick' (Old Norse: Haraldsvík'', 'Harald's bay'), is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles.
==History== The wick takes its name from the Viking King Harald I Fairhair, and is reputed to be the first landing point for the Vikings in the Shetland Islands. A Viking grave, attributed to Harold, has been found on the nearby Setter's Hill, overlooking the landing point.