Everything about Bressay totally explained
Bressay is a populated island in the
Shetland Islands,
Scotland.
Geography and geology
Bressay lies due south of
Whalsay, west of
Noss, and north of
Mousa. At eleven square miles, it's the fifth largest island in Shetland. The population is around 400 people, concentrated in the middle of the west coast, around Glebe, Fullaburn and Maryfield.
The island is made up of old
red sandstone with some basaltic intrusions. Bressay was quarried extensively for building materials, used all over Shetland, especially in nearby
Lerwick. a hotel and the old
laird's mansion, Gardie House, built in
1724. The Northern Lights Spa Hotel at Uphouse is Britain's most northerly spa.
Frequent
ro-ro ferries sail from Maryfield to
Lerwick on the
Shetland Mainland. During the summer months, a passenger ferry service links the east coast of Bressay with the
nature reserve island of
Noss.
Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church (of the
Church of Scotland) has three places of worship. The Bressay Church building is located close to the Marina, near the centre of the west coast of the island.
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