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Sandwick, Whalsay
Sandwick is a hamlet, often considered part of the main village of Symbister along with adjacent Harlsdale, in the parish of Nesting in southwestern Whalsay in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It is located to the south of the main centre o ...
and
Sandwick, Orkney
Sandwick ( non, Sandvík;Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) ''Orkneyjar ok Katanes'' (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) nrn, Sandvik) is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland,Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1 ...
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Sandwick ( non, Sandvik "Sandy Bay") is an ancient
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
in the
Shetland Islands
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
, Scotland. It was merged in 1891, along with
Cunningsburgh
Cunningsburgh, formerly also known as Coningsburgh ( non, Konungsborgr meaning "King's castle"), is a hamlet and ancient parish in the south of Mainland, Shetland, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south south w ...
, into
Dunrossness
Dunrossness, (Old Norse: ''Dynrastarnes'' meaning "headland of the loud tide-race", referring to the noise of Sumburgh Roost) is the southernmost parish of Shetland, Scotland. Historically the name Dunrossness has usually referred to the area o ...
. It is located south of
Lerwick
Lerwick (; non, Leirvik; nrn, Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010.
Centred off the north coast of the Scottish mainland ...
in the
South Mainland
The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the southern peninsula of Mainland island. It lies south of Hellister (60° 14′N). The greater southern part of the peninsula belongs to the civil parish of Dunrossness. The rest belongs to the p ...
. It comprises a number of distinct settlements in very close proximity to each other, each remaining distinct through being separated by agricultural land. These settlements within Sandwick include Old Sandwick (often just called "Sandwick" or "San'ick"), Leebitton, Broonies' Taing, Stove, Swinister and
Hoswick
Hoswick is a settlement in Sandwick in the south mainland of Shetland, Scotland, on the eastern part of the Dunrossness civil parish. It is separated from the rest of Sandwick by the Hoswick Burn and from Channerwick in the south by the hill o ...
; the latter is almost a village in its own right and is often considered distinct from Sandwick.
Amenities
Sandwick has a bakery, the Sandwick Baking Company, which also serves as
post office
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and grocery store. There is a village hall, known as Carnegie Hall, which hosts dances, drama performances and other local events. Separately the village also has a youth club and community centre. There are two licensed premises, Sandwick Social Club and the Orca Bay Hotel (formerly known for over 20 years as the Barclay Arms).
Sandwick Junior High School, near Broonies' Taing, is both the primary school for the village and the main secondary school for the whole of the
South Mainland
The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the southern peninsula of Mainland island. It lies south of Hellister (60° 14′N). The greater southern part of the peninsula belongs to the civil parish of Dunrossness. The rest belongs to the p ...
.
"Parent Councils"
Shetland Islands Council. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
Leisure and tourism
At Leebitton there is a pier from which, during the tourist season, it is possible to take a boat trip to the island of Mousa
Mousa ( non, Mosey "moss island") is a small island in Shetland, Scotland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century. The island is known for the Broch of Mousa, an Iron Age round tower, and is designated as a Special Protection Area for storm-p ...
. The local sailing club races both dinghies and traditional 'Shetland Model' boats, and hosts an annual sailing and rowing regatta, is also based here. In the centre of the village is a children's park, and a football pitch at which the village's football team play their home games. Ness United FC also play some home games here. The village also has a modern public indoor swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built ...
. Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
is played on the playing fields of the school.
At Hoswick
Hoswick is a settlement in Sandwick in the south mainland of Shetland, Scotland, on the eastern part of the Dunrossness civil parish. It is separated from the rest of Sandwick by the Hoswick Burn and from Channerwick in the south by the hill o ...
there is a knitwear
Knitted fabric is a textile that results from knitting, the process of inter-looping of yarns or inter-meshing of loops. Its properties are distinct from woven fabric in that it is more flexible and can be more readily constructed into smaller pi ...
factory which also has a small shop. Hoswick also has a visitors' centre and cafe.
People from Sandwick
*Dr Thomas Matthew Finlay
Dr Thomas Matthew Finlay FRSE EGS (17 September 1879–31 January 1954) was a Scottish geologist and palaeontologist.
Life
He was born at Sotrigarth in Sandwick, Shetland on 17 September 1879, the son of Frederick Souis Finlay (1852–1918) ...
FRSE
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...
(1879-1954), geologist
See also
* Sandvík
Sandvík (pronounced , "Sandy Bay"; da, Sandvig) is the northernmost village of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the northern side of a shallow fjord. The village was previously known as Hvalvík (''Bay of Whales''). ...
in the Faeroe Islands
Footnotes
External links
Scottish Places - SandwickCanmore - Aurora: Sand Wick, North Sea site recordCanmore - Hope: Sandwick, North Sea site recordCanmore - Petronella: Sandwick, North Sea site recordCanmore - Confidentia: Sandwick, North Sea site record
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Villages in Mainland, Shetland