Symbister
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| Symbister | |
  Symbister shown within Scotland |
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| Population | 797 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Council area | Shetland |
| Lieutenancy area | Shetland |
| Constituent country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHETLAND |
| Postcode district | ZE2 |
| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| European Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Orkney and Shetland |
| Scottish Parliament | Shetland |
| List of places: UK • Scotland | |
Symbister is the largest village on the island of Whalsay, Shetland. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small fishing boats as well as large deep sea trawlers. The village is overlooked by the granite mansion Symbister House, built by the Sixth Robert Bruce of Symbister in 1823.
The Pier House, now a museum, was once the centre for the export of dried and salted fish to the Hanseatic League, an alliance of trading guilds that established and maintained a trade monopoly over much of Northern Europe between the 13th and 17th centuries. The population in 1991 was 797.
A ferry to Laxo on the Shetland mainland operates from Symbister.
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