Brae

Brae
"Toy Town", Brae
Brae Brae shown within Shetland
Population	660 ^[1] (2001 census) est. 690^[2] (2006)
OS grid reference	HU359681
Civil parish	Delting
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01806
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland

Coordinates: 60°23′46″N 1°21′04″W / 60.396°N 1.351°W / 60.396; -1.351

"Brae" is also the Lowland Scots language word for the slope or brow of a hill.

For other uses, see Brae (disambiguation).

Brae (Old Norse: Breiðeið, meaning "the wide isthmus") is a settlement on the island of Mainland in Shetland, Scotland.

Description

Traditionally a fishing village, with the construction of the nearby Sullom Voe Oil Terminal in the 1970s Brae grew rapidly, merging with the nearby village of Northbrae. It is located at the northeast end of Busta Voe, on the narrow isthmus that separates the mainland from Northmavine. The village also stages its own Up Helly Aa.

The A970 which connects Lerwick to Northmavine forms the main street of Brae. Brae's police and fire stations, schools, and NHS clinic service much of the northern part of the mainland.

Etymology

Brae is the Lowland Scots word for the slope or brow of a hill. The word 'Brae' in Shetland dialect has a different meaning; it may come from the Old Norse word breiðr meaning broad. The village may take its name from the broad isthmus between Sullom Voe and Busta Voe as opposed to the narrower one a little further north at Mavis Grind.^[3] Alternatively the name may mean "a slope to the sea".

Notable people

Jonathan Sutherland, television and radio broadcaster and main anchor of Sportscene is from Brae.

Erraid Davies is a member of the Delting Dolphins swimming club^[4] based in Brae, which claims to be "the most northerly active swimming club in the UK".^[5]

References

↑ "Comparative Population Profile: Brae Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
↑ "Table 1: Mid-2006 Population Estimates - Settlements in alphabetical order". General Register Office for Scotland. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
↑ "Brae". Shetlopedia. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
↑ "Hannah Miley and Erraid Davies: a champion and a cherub now on the same wavelength | Herald Scotland". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
↑ "About us". Delting Dolphins Swimming Club. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

External links

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Shetland

Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra (East / West) Fair Isle Fetlar Foula Muckle Roe North Isles Out Skerries Papa Stour Trondra Unst Vaila Whalsay Yell

Other islands	Balta Bigga Brother Isle Colsay Hascosay Hildasay Lamba Linga, Muckle Roe Linga, Yell Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry West Linga

Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Brae Grutness Gutcher Haroldswick Mossbank Quarff Scalloway Symbister Toft Ulsta Uyeasound Vidlin Voe Walls

Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness

Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe West Voe of Sumburgh Yell Sound

Extreme points (N S E W)	Out Stack The Skerry, off Fair Isle Bound Skerry Waster Hoevda, Foula

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