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    Lerwick (/ˈlɛrɪk/ or /ˈlɜːrwɪk/; Old Norse: Leirvik; Norn: Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh...
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    The islands' administrative centre, largest settlement and only burgh is Lerwick, which has been the capital of Shetland since 1708, before which time the...
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    festival held in Lerwick, Shetland's capital, involves a procession of up to a thousand guizers who march through the streets of Lerwick on the last Tuesday...
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    Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick, PC (born 8 May 1942) is a British politician and former Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Thames...
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    The Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick was a British flying boat built by Saunders-Roe Limited (Saro). It was intended to be used with the Short Sunderland in...
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    Fort Charlotte in the centre of Lerwick, Shetland, is an artillery fort, roughly five sided, with bastions on each of three landward corners, and half-bastions...
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  • The Lerwick Declaration refers to an announcement made by First Minister Alex Salmond on behalf of the Scottish Government on 25 July 2013, which revealed...
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  • Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church is the largest Church of Scotland congregation in Shetland, serving the islands' capital Lerwick and the surrounding...
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    Sound is an area situated to the south-west of central Lerwick, the capital of Shetland, Scotland. Sound is home to a primary school, public hall, and...
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    County Buildings is a municipal structure in King Erik Street, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. The structure, which is used as a judicial complex, is a Category...
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    originally covered by 12 civil parishes: Bressay, Delting, Dunrossness, Fetlar, Lerwick, Nesting, Northmaven, Sandsting, Tingwall, Unst, Walls and Sandness, and...
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  • The Lerwick Up Helly Aa is the largest Up Helly Aa fire festival celebrated annually on the last Tuesday in January in Lerwick, the capital of Shetland...
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    Lerwick Town Hall is a municipal building located on Hillhead in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. It is used as an events venue and registrar's office. The...
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    supply for Shetland is provided by Lerwick Power Station, located in Gremista, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of Lerwick town centre. This is the principal...
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  • Lerwick Observatory (also known as Lerwick Magnetic Observatory) is a British meteorological observatory located near the port of Lerwick, Shetland Islands...
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    wife team, Ian Anderson and Inga Walterson, is located at Market Street, Lerwick and broadcasts from Bressay on 96.2 MHz FM. The company, which was registered...
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    Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, which contains approximately 200 houses. In recent years...
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    Lerwick Lifeboat Station is located in the town of Lerwick, the main town and port of the Shetland Islands. A lifeboat was first stationed here by the...
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    fishing port, until 1708 it was the capital of the Shetland Islands (now Lerwick, on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland). It contains one of the two...
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    area of 899 km2 (347 sq mi), the island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, which is the main administrative centre, and major point of Shetland's...
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    This page lists the consular missions located in Scotland, a country within the United Kingdom. These consular posts are listed by the FCDO, which is responsible...
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  • (1993) The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. xxiv. Graham, J.J. (1993) The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p....
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    known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of Gott, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northwest of Lerwick in Mainland...
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    Lerwick North and Bressay (previously called Lerwick North between 2007 and 2022), is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands...
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  • mass," Lerwick said. "You want to make sure when you fire your weapon the bullet strikes its intended target. On a person, that's the torso," Lerwick also...
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    Lerwick Tolbooth is a former judicial building on Commercial Street in Lerwick in Shetland in Scotland. The building, which is used as a lifeboat station...
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    Lerwick South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects four Councillors. Source: 2017 Shetland Islands...
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    Bremse attacked the convoy about 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) east of Lerwick. The convoy consisted of twelve merchantmen and was escorted by the destroyers...
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  • Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant is a district heating scheme based in Lerwick, The Lerwick District Heating Scheme is operated by Shetland...
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    rising, or falling with rate of change). Tiree Automatic (1) Stornoway (2) Lerwick (3) Wick Automatic (0048 only) Aberdeen (0048 only) Leuchars (4) Boulmer...
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