Gutcher
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Gutcher | |
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![]() Ferncliff House, viewed from Bluemull Sound | |
Location withinShetland | |
OS grid reference | HU548991 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHETLAND |
Postcode district | ZE2 |
Dialling code | 01957 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Gutcheris a settlement on the northeast coast ofYellin theShetlandislands. From here, rollon/roll off ferry services toBelmontonUnstand Hamars Ness onFetlaroperate. The settlement has a harbour, and a former post office which, in 2012, reopened as abed and breakfast.There is a café adjacent to the ferry waiting room (Geoffrey's) that opened in 2019.
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DuringWorld War II,theLuftwaffemachine gunned the post office at Gutcher in an attempt to disrupt the communications system.[1]
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