Veensgarth

Veensgarth
The village of Veensgarth, nestling under Herrislee hill. Seen looking north-east.
Veensgarth Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU427444
Civil parish	Tingwall
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01595
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60°10′59″N1°13′44″W / 60.183°N 1.229°W / 60.183; -1.229

Veensgarth (Old Norse : Vikingsgarðr, Viking farm, or Vingarðr, Meadow Farm), is a village in the Tingwall valley west of Lerwick on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. It includes the Vallafield housing estate. Veensgarth is also within the parish of Tingwall, ^[1] and is situated at the junction of the A970 and the B9074. ^[2]

References

1. "Details of Veensgarth". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 2 January 2015.
2. "B9074". Sabre. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

External links

• Canmore - Veensgarth, Veensgarth House, Steading site record ^{[ dead link ]}