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The town hall was the headquarters of Lerwick Town Council until 1975, when it passed to the Shetland Islands Council on local government reorganisation. The council moved its main offices to a modern building at 8 North Ness in 2012. [8] The local registrar's office moved from the County Buildings to Lerwick Town Hall in February 2015. [9]
Lerwick (/ ˈ l ɛ r ɪ k / or / ˈ l ɜː r w ɪ k /; Old Norse: Leirvik; Norn: Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. [3] It is the northernmost major settlement within the United Kingdom.
Hillhead And Charlotte Street, Lerwick Town Hall, Including Lamp Standards, Gatepiers, Boundary Walls And Railings 60°09′16″N 1°08′47″W / 60.154465°N 1.146444°W / 60.154465; -1.146444 ( Hillhead And Charlotte Street, Lerwick Town Hall, Including Lamp Standards, Gatepiers, Boundary Walls And
The local registrar's office moved from County Buildings to Lerwick Town Hall in February 2015. [11] The building continues to serve as the venue for sheriff court hearings in the area, [12] although, due to staffing issues with the escort services, hearings involving juries were moved to the mainland in July 2023. [13] [14]
Shetland had been administered by Commissioners of Supply from 1667 and then by Zetland County Council from 1890 to 1975. The county council was abolished in 1975 and replaced by the Shetland Islands Council, which also took over the functions previously exercised by Shetland's lower-tier authorities, being the town council of the burgh of Lerwick and the councils of the area's landward ...
The main power supply for Shetland is provided by Lerwick Power Station, located in Gremista, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of Lerwick town centre. This is the principal source of electrical energy for Shetland. [1]
Shetland shown within Scotland Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Shetland, Scotland. In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic ...
Mareel is designed as a multi use venue [1] and hub for the creative industries. [2] The site is near the new Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick. [3] Shetland Arts are the lead agency behind the project, Gareth Hoskins were the architects and D.I.T.T. the building contractors. [4]