Symbister

9°CCloudy

• Today: 12° / 9° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:38Sunset 15:56

8h 19m 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)

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 4 passed
• 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 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)

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)

• 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)

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £27,501 avg

e.g. Head Teacher - Whalsay School - SIC09079, Supervisory Assistant - Whalsay School - SIC09089, Domestic Assistant - Fernlea Care Services - SIC09080

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 · 13,821 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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  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)