Quarff

Quarff
View of Easter Quarff and Quarff church, with Scrae Field in the distance (March 2010)
Quarff is located in Shetland
Quarff
Quarff
Location within Shetland
Population100 
OS grid referenceHU424356
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHETLAND
Postcode districtZE
Dialling code01950
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
60°06′14″N 1°14′13″W / 60.104°N 1.237°W / 60.104; -1.237

Quarff is a small village on Mainland in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick. The village is spread along a classic glacial valley[1] that runs east–west across the island between high hills to north and south,[2] with centres of population at Easter Quarff which is near the main road and the east coast, and Wester Quarff which is 11⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west and faces the Atlantic Ocean.[3] A narrow road runs along the valley between the two.

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