Uyeasound

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Uyeasound
Uyeasound shown within Scotland
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01957
Police	Northern
Fire	Highlands and Islands
Ambulance	Scottish
European Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places: UK • Scotland

Coordinates: 60°41′N 0°55′W / 60.68, -0.92

View from isle of Uyea, showing both the village and the sound of the same name

Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands. 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.

v • d • e North Isles, Shetland Islands

Inhabited islands	Fetlar · Unst · Yell

Other islands	Balta · Gloup Holm · Haaf Gruney · Hascosay · Huney · Linga · Muckle Flugga · Out Stack · Uyea

Towns and villages	Aywick · Baltasound · Belmont · Burravoe · Copister · Cullivoe · Gloup · Gutcher · Hamars Ness · Haroldswick · Mid Yell · Skaw · Ulsta · Uyeasound · West Sandwick

Points of interest	Burgi Geos · Daal of Lumbister · Hermaness · Muness Castle · Old Haa Museum · RAF Saxa Vord · Valhalla Brewery

v • d • e Scotland · Shetland Islands

Inhabited islands	Mainland · Bressay · Burra · Fair Isle · Fetlar · Foula · Muckle Roe · North Isles · Out Skerries · Papa Stour · Trondra · Unst · Vaila · Whalsay · Yell

Other islands	Mousa · Noss · Scalloway Islands · List of Shetland islands

Towns and villages	Lerwick · Aith · Baltasound · Brae · Grutness · Gutcher · Haroldswick · Scalloway · Symbister · Toft · Ulsta · Uyeasound · Vidlin · Walls

Extreme points	Hermaness · Sumburgh Head

Archaeological sites	Jarlshof · Mousa Broch