Delting

Delting
Delting is located in Shetland
Delting
Delting
Location within Shetland
OS grid referenceHU391685
Civil parish
  • Delting
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Shetland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHETLAND
Postcode districtZE2
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
60°23′59″N 1°17′24″W / 60.39972°N 1.29000°W / 60.39972; -1.29000

Delting is a civil parish and community council area on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. It includes the Sullom Voe oil terminal and its main settlements are Brae, Mossbank and Voe.[1]

The parish, as described in 1882–1884, included the islands of Bigga (co-owned with the civil parish of Yell), Fishholm, Brother Isle, Little Roe, and Muckle Roe; of these only Muckle Roe was at that time inhabited. The landward area "varies in breadth from 3 to 6 miles, being much intersected by voes or arms of the sea".[2] Brae House, an early 1800s Shetland merchant's house and a B-rated building, is located in Delting.[3]

Sullom Voe, the location of the Sullom Voe oil terminal and Shetland Gas Plant is an inlet of the North Sea between the parishes of Delting and Northmavine.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Delting Community Council Area Statement" (PDF). Sheltand Local Plan. Shetland Islands Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Delting Shetland". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Quoting from Frances Groome's 1882-1884 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
  3. ^ "Brae House, including Pier and Outbuildings, Brae, Delting, Shetland (LB5271)". Historic Environment Scotland. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Sullom Voe: Europe's largest oil and gas terminal". Heat Eng. (Livingston, N.J.); (United States). 51:7.
  5. ^ "Sullom Voe Terminal from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazeteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 October 2023.