Mossbank
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Mossbank is a village in the north east of the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It was the original location of the inter island ferry to the island of Yell. The ferry now runs from the small port of Toft, approximately 1 mile further north. The village was profoundly changed in the early 80's when construction began on the nearby Sullom Voe oil terminal. Large amounts of temporary accommodation where erected to house the construction workforce, with the population expanding from the low hundreds in the early 70s to the low thousands a decade later.
The village has one primary school, Mossbank Primary School, an excellent local public house, The Welcome Inn, and a youth club, The Old School Centre, so named as the building once housed the villages school. Junior High and High School education is provided at Brae High School, approximately eight miles away.
Mossbank and its adjoining area of Firth are in the parish of Delting. Along with a stone memorial at the entrance to the village, many abandoned croft houses still stand on the hill across Firth Voe from Mossbank. These commemorate the infamous "Delting Disaster" of 21 December 1900 when twenty two local fishermen where lost during a storm, decimating the community.
Mossbank is also the home to Mossbank football club. The club were formed in 2006 and their status are growing throughout the isles. Currently, the club play their home matches in Brae as there are no suitable playing surfaces in the Firth & Mossbank area. *grid reference HU450751
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