Uyeasound

Uyeasound

Infobox UK place
official_name= Uyeasound
country= Scotland
population=
os_grid_reference=
latitude= 60.68
longitude= -0.92
post_town= SHETLAND
postcode_area= ZE
postcode_district= ZE2
dial_code= 01957
constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland
civil_parish=
unitary_scotland= Shetland
lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland
constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland

Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea

Uyeasound is home to Greenwell's Booth, a Hanseatic warehouse and Muness Castle.


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