Bruray

Bruray

Old Norse name	Bruray
Location
Bruray Bruray shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU689720
Coordinates	60°25′34″N0°45′00″W / 60.426°N 0.750°W / 60.426; -0.750
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Area	55 hectares (0.21 sq mi)
Area rank	189=  [1]
Highest elevation	53 metres (174 ft)
Administration
Council area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	16
Population rank	65 [2]   [1]
Population density	29 people/km2 [2] [3]
References	[3] [4]

A bridge links Bruray to Housay

Bruray is one of the three Out Skerries islands of Shetland, and contains Scotland's most easterly settlement.

It is separated from Housay by North Mouth and South Mouth.

Infrastructure

The Skerries Bridge was built in 1957 to provide a fixed link from Bruray to the neighbouring and larger island of Housay.

Bruray is home to Scotland's smallest school.

The island occasionally suffers from water shortages. There is little peat on the Out Skerries, so the residents have been granted rights to cut in on Whalsay. ^[3]

A ferry connects the Out Skerries with Vidlin and Lerwick on the Shetland Mainland. Bruray also has a small airstrip, with flights from Tingwall by Loganair.

History

At the autumn 2010, the islands of Housay and Bruray were on sale for £250,000. "The main islands are held under crofting tenure. The crofting community have been offered the opportunity to register their interest in acquiring the property but have formally declined from doing so." ^[5]

See also

• Extreme points of Scotland
• Extreme points of the United Kingdom.

References

1. Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent. 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census and 101 such islands in 2022.
2. "Scottish Islands Data Dashboard". RESAS/Scottish Government. 2025. p. 6. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
3. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN   978-1-84195-454-7.
4. Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
5. Out Skerries, Shetland Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Homesandproperty.co.uk.

External links

• Out Skerries at Undiscovered Scotland