Symbister

13°CSunny

• Today: 13° / 10° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:34

13h 10m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Market Street 2, United Kingdom

12 reported road collisions (2024)

5 killed or seriously injured · 13 casualties · 5.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 5 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£187,659 average▼ 6% YoY

Across Shetland Islands · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Whalsay Primary School, Symbister (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Outdoor Clothing Swap Shop returns with new Saturday date· 10 Sept 2026
• Views sought on future options for Burravoe and Skeld Primary Schools· 7 Sept 2026
• Operational Note – Resurfacing and blasting works, A970/Ladies Drive junction· 2 Sept 2026
• First company signs up to the Shetland Development Charter· 1 Sept 2026
• Shetland Sports Awards 2026· 31 Aug 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)

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,925 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £35,001 avg

e.g. Head Teacher - Whalsay School - SIC08961

Source: Adzuna

£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 · 13,788 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership196 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s176 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills105 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office84 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Pier House Museum · 0.0 km

  The Pier House Museum is a museum in Symbister, Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The museum is located in the old Pier House, which was once the centre for trade with the Germans and the export of dried a…

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  Symbister · 0.2 km

  Symbister is the largest village and port on Whalsay, an island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. The population in 1991 was 797. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small fishing boats as…

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  Saltness · 0.4 km

  Saltness is a hamlet in southwestern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It lies in the northern part of Symbister, just to the southwest of Hamister.

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  Symbister House · 0.4 km

  Symbister House is a former country house in Symbister, Whalsay island, in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It was built in 1823 by the Bruce family who were lairds (landlords) of the island for about 300 years from…

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  Sandwick, Whalsay · 0.6 km

  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 so…

• Sodom, Shetland · 0.6 km

  Sodom is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland. The name is a corruption of the Old Norse Suðheim meaning "south home". It was formerly the home of Hugh MacDiarmid, who was greatly amused at the anglicised form of the name.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)