Toft, Shetland

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The ferry MV Dagalien approaching Toft Pier. This is the ferry across Yell Sound to the island of Yell.
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Toft
Location within Shetland
OS grid reference HU433765
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01957
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60°28′16″N1°12′40″W / 60.471°N 1.211°W / 60.471; -1.211 Coordinates: 60°28′16″N1°12′40″W / 60.471°N 1.211°W / 60.471; -1.211

Toft is a ferry port approximately one mile north of Mossbank on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. From here, a car ferry service to Ulsta on the island of Yell operates. Toft is located in the parish of Delting. [1]

In the late 1970s and early 1980s there was a large workers camp situated here housing thousands of men who were building the Sullom Voe Terminal. [2]

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References

  1. "Details of Toft". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. "Overview of Toft". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 2 January 2015.