Aywick

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Aywick
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House in North Aywick
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Aywick
Location within Shetland
OS grid reference HU530869
Civil parish
Council area
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01957
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60°33′47″N1°01′55″W / 60.563°N 1.032°W / 60.563; -1.032

Aywick is a small settlement on the east side of Yell, an island forming part of the Shetland Islands north of Scotland. [1]

The naturalist Bobby Tulloch was born and grew up in Aywick.

References

  1. Tulloch, Bobby (September 1991). Migrations: travels of a naturalist. Kyle Cathie Limited. p. 56. ISBN   978-1-85626-016-9 . Retrieved 5 February 2013.