Gutcher

Gutcher

Ferncliff House, viewed from Bluemull Sound
Gutcher
 Gutcher shown within Shetland
OS grid referenceHU548991
Civil parishYell
Council areaShetland
Lieutenancy areaShetland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01957
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentOrkney and Shetland
Scottish ParliamentShetland
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 60°40′16″N 0°59′53″W / 60.671°N 0.998°W / 60.671; -0.998

Gutcher is a settlement on the northeast coast of Yell in the Shetland islands. From here, rollon/roll off ferry services to Belmont on Unst and Hamars Ness on Fetlar operate. The settlement has a harbour, and a former post office which, in 2012, reopened as a Bed and Breakfast. There is a café/shop, (the Gutcher Goose Cafe) that reopened in May 2016.

The former post office, once subjected to aerial attack.

During World War II, the Luftwaffe bombed the post office at Gutcher in an attempt to disrupt the communications system.[1]

References

  1. Penrith, James & Deborah (2007) Orkney & Shetland (part of The Scottish Islands series). Richmond. Crimson Publishing.
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