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Weisdale

Weisdale is a village in Shetland, Scotland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Weisdale area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Shetland Islands area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Shetland Islands
County
Shetland
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

9°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 13° / 9° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:35

13h 10m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

56US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Market Street 2, United Kingdom

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

2 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 2 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£187,659 average▼ 6% YoY

Across Shetland Islands · to 2026-06

Detached£256,908
Semi-detached£180,509
Terraced£125,053
Flat£92,036

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Bixter Car Park (5.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Local news

Source: Shetland Islands Council

Population

22,710 residents in Shetland Islands

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Independent majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

1,925 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Weisdale Mill · 0.7 km

    Weisdale Mill is a watermill in the village of Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland. It is located near the head of Weisdale Voe on the west of the island, a twenty-minute drive from the main town of Lerwick.

  • Weisdale · 1.5 km

    Weisdale is a bay, hamlet and ancient parish on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. The bay opens near the northern extremity of Scalloway Bay, and strikes four and a half miles to the north north east.

  • Westerfield, Shetland · 3.8 km

    Westerfield is a coastal community on Mainland, in Shetland, Scotland. The community is within the parish of Sandsting.

  • Viking Wind Farm · 4.0 km

    Viking Wind Farm is a large on-shore wind farm in the Shetland Islands which was developed by Viking Energy, a partnership between Shetland Islands Council and SSE plc. It has a generation capacity of 443 MW.

  • Greena · 4.4 km

    Greena is a small island off the west coast of Mainland, Shetland. It is 10m at its highest point, and is north of Flotta, Shetland. It is in Weisdale Voe.

  • Mainland, Shetland · 5.2 km

    The Mainland is the principal island of Shetland in Scotland. Covering an area of 899 km2 (347 sq mi), the island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, which is the main administrative centre, and major point of Sh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Weisdale?
Weisdale is a town in Shetland, Scotland, in the Shetland Islands local authority.
How deprived is Weisdale?
The Shetland Islands local authority, which includes Weisdale, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.