Grutness

Grutness
Grutness
	Grutness from the Fair Isle ferry jetty
	Grutness Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU403099
Civil parish	Dunrossness;
Council area	Shetland;
Lieutenancy area	Shetland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE3
Dialling code	01950
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland;
Scottish Parliament	Shetland;
	List of places UK Scotland 59°52′23″N 1°16′44″W / 59.873°N 1.279°W

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Grutness is a small settlement and headland at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Dunrossness.^[1] It is located close to Sumburgh Head and is the terminus of the ferry service between the Shetland Mainland and Fair Isle. It has a pebbly beach and seals, whales and orcas can be seen in the sea nearby.^[2]

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v t e Shetland
Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra East Burra West Burra Fair Isle Fetlar Foula Muckle Roe North Isles Out Skerries Papa Stour Trondra Unst Vaila Whalsay Yell
Other islands	Balta Bigga Brother Isle Colsay Hascosay Hildasay Lamba Linga, Bluemull Sound Linga, Busta Voe Linga (near Vementry) Linga, Vaila Sound Linga, Yell Sound Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra St Ninian's Isle Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry Ve Skerries West Linga
Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Bigton Bixter Brae Cunningsburgh Grutness Gulberwick Gutcher Haroldswick Hillswick Levenwick Mid Yell Mossbank North Roe Ollaberry Quarff Sandwick Scalloway Symbister Toab Toft Ulsta Uyeasound Vidlin Voe Walls Weisdale Whiteness
Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness
Insular Parishes	Bressay Fetlar Unst Yell
Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo Ronas Voe St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe West Voe of Sumburgh Yell Sound
Extreme points (N S E W)	Out Stack The Skerry, off Fair Isle Bound Skerry Waster Hoevda, Foula
Topics	Animal breeds Etymology History Prehistory

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Grutness
Grutness from the Fair Isle ferry jetty
Grutness Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU403099
Civil parish	Dunrossness
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE3
Dialling code	01950

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 59°52′23″N 1°16′44″W / 59.873°N 1.279°W / 59.873; -1.279