Norwick

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 10° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:39Sunset 15:53

8h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Market Street 2, United Kingdom

8 reported road collisions (2025)

4 killed or seriously injured · 11 casualties · 3.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£180,869 average▼ 11.2% YoY

Across Shetland Islands · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Unst Leisure Centre, Baltasound (6.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Fair Isle Primary School receives ‘excellent’ HMIE inspection· 3 Nov 2026
• Lerwick Town Hall hosts WW1 exhibition· 2 Nov 2026
• Cunningsburgh Early Years receives excellent report from inspectors· 28 Oct 2026
• Operational note – Road diversion due to landslip south of Garderhouse on the B9071· 22 Oct 2026
• Operational note – Oil spill on the A970 between Voe and Brae· 22 Oct 2026

Source: Shetland Islands Council

22,710 residents in Shetland Islands

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Independent majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£864 median full-time weekly pay

1.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,531 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday8.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers584 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months157 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government132 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills106 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks85 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Saxa Vord distillery · 1.3 km

  Saxa Vord distillery is a gin distillery on the island of Unst, Shetland. The distillery releases products under the Shetland Reel brand name.

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  Valhalla Brewery · 1.3 km

  The Valhalla Brewery in Unst, Shetland, Scotland, was the northernmost brewery in the United Kingdom. It was opened by the husband and wife team Sonny and Silvia Priest in December 1997, and originally based in a larg…

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  Rocket Factory Augsburg · 2.4 km

  Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) is a German NewSpace start-up located in Augsburg. It was founded in 2018 with the mission to "build rockets just like cars". RFA is headquartered in Augsburg, close to Munich, with co…

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  Skaw, Unst · 2.4 km

  Skaw is a settlement in the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, located on the island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlemen…

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  Haroldswick · 2.4 km

  Haroldswick or Harold's Wick, is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles.

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  SaxaVord Spaceport · 2.5 km

  SaxaVord Spaceport, previously known as Shetland Space Centre is a spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland. The spaceport o…

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