Hillswick
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 The bay at Hillswick, looking across the bay with the main settlement on the far shore |
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 Hillswick
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| Hillswick shown within Shetland | |
| OS grid reference | HU280769 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHETLAND |
| Postcode district | ZE2 |
| Dialling code | 01806 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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| Location | Hillswick Shetland United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 60°27′13″N 1°29′47″W / 60.453557°N 1.496517°W |
| Year first constructed | 1895 (first) |
| Year first lit | n/a (current) |
| Foundation | concrete basement |
| Construction | metal skeletal tower |
| Tower shape | square parallelepiped tower covered by aluminium panels with light on the top |
| Markings / pattern | white tower |
| Height | 5 metres (16 ft) |
| Focal height | 34 metres (112 ft) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | white: 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) red: 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) WR 15s. |
| Admiralty number | A3840 |
| NGA number | 3548 |
| ARLHS number | SCO-096 |
| Managing agent | Northern Lighthouse Board |
Hillswick is a small village in Northmavine, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean and lies to the north-north west of Mainland, Shetland, the most northerly group of islands in the United Kingdom. It is situated 35 mi (56 km) from Lerwick. There is a community shop, a blacksmiths, a health centre, a Church of Scotland church that now only opens for births and deaths, a wildlife sanctuary and a hotel and it is surrounded by land that is used mainly to provide peat and farm sheep.
A lighthouse is located 1.5 miles south of Hillswick.
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