Vidlin

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**Shetland Settlements**
Name:	Vidlin

UK Grid Reference:	HU480655
Distance from Lerwick by road:	24 miles
Community Council:

Vidlin Marina, the Chapel and the old Post Office

Vidlin Methodist Chapel

Vidlin, (Old Norse : Vaðillinn = The Ford ), is a village on the northeast corner of the Shetland Mainland, at the head of Vidlin Voe, is the modern heart of the old parish of Lunnasting, which centred on the early church at Lunna.

The poet Rhoda Bulter's mother came from Skelberry in Lunnasting, and she herself lived there for two crucially formative years when young.

The Walls poet Christine de Luca has written a memoir and a series of poems about the branch of her family which hailed from Vidlin, on her father Alexander Pearson's side, entitled Dreams in Time's Ocean (2004).

SEE ALSO

Orgill Baptist Chapel

Businesses, Services, and Amenities

Shops, Businesses, & Accomoadtion	Services & Amenities	See Also
Herculson, John I. Boatsroom Bed and Breakfast Böd Ayre Products Johnson Seafarms Ltd Lunna House Outrabister House Skyinbow	Lunnasting Primary School Vidlin Public Hall Vidlin Marina Nesting and Lunnasting Community Council	Cabin Museum, The Lunnasting The Lunnasting History Group Origin Art Rapid - Heroes from Vidlin