North Roe

North Roe
—  Village  —
North Roe
Location in Scotland
Coordinates:
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Region Shetland
postcode ZE2 9
Area code(s) GB-ZET

North Roe is a village, and protected area at the northern tip in the large Northmavine peninsula of the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is a small village, with a school with less than a dozen pupils in 2011.[1] North Roe is internationally recognised wetland site, and it is protected under the terms of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.[2][3][4] The village is crossed by the A970 road, a single-carrigway road from south to north of Shetland Islands, and it is also the home of a Potez 840 plane.

References

  1. ^ "North Roe Primary School". northroe.shetland.sch.uk. http://www.northroe.shetland.sch.uk/. 
  2. ^ "The Annotated Ramsar List: United Kingdom". The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. 2009-09-05. http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-documents-list-annotated-ramsar-15868/main/ramsar/1-31-218%5E15868_4000_0__. 
  3. ^ "Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in Scotland". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1391. 
  4. ^ "RAMSAR sites". Scottish Natural Heritage. http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/international-designations/ramsar-sites/.