Westerwick

Westerwick
Wester Wick Inlet with Westerwick village in distance
Westerwick Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU283427
Civil parish	Sandsting
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01595
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60°10′08″N 1°29′20″W / 60.169°N 1.489°W / 60.169; -1.489

Westerwick is a settlement on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Sandsting.^[1] It faces south with high cliffs on both sides of the wick. There is a small stony beach at the head, and the surrounding land is greener with fewer rocky outcrops than the usual Shetland scene.

Westerwick is separated from Silwick by the Ward of Silwick and is about three miles from Skeld, on the West Shetland Mainland. There are just a few houses here and the whole area makes for fine cliff walking.

Westerwick was the birthplace of Thomas Alexander Robertson, better known as the poet Vagaland.