Toft, Shetland
Toft | |
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![]() The ferry MV Dagalien approaching Toft Pier. This is the ferry across Yell Sound to the island of Yell. | |
![]() ![]() Toft Location within Shetland | |
OS grid reference | HU433765 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHETLAND |
Postcode district | ZE2 |
Dialling code | 01957 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Toft is a ferry port approximately one mile north of Mossbank on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. From here, a car ferry service to Ulsta on the island of Yell operates. Toft is located in the parish of Delting.[1]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s there was a large workers camp situated here housing thousands of men who were building the Sullom Voe Terminal.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Details of Toft". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Overview of Toft". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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- Villages in Mainland, Shetland
- Shetland geography stubs