Official Name: | Silwick |
Label Position: | left |
Country: | Scotland |
Static Image Name: | Vegetable garden - geograph.org.uk - 479867.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | A vegetable garden at Silwick |
Os Grid Reference: | HU292425 |
Coordinates: | 60.167°N -1.472°W |
Post Town: | SHETLAND |
Postcode Area: | ZE |
Postcode District: | ZE2 |
Dial Code: | 01595 |
Silwick, a once thriving community in the West Mainland, Shetland, Scotland about three miles from Skeld, is now almost deserted. The area has dramatic cliffs and views.[1]
The Norwegian vessel Ustetind was wrecked on the stony beach here in 1929.[2]