Symbister

Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia

Shetland Settlements
Name:	Symbister
UK Grid Reference:	HU543624
Distance from Lerwick by road:	22 miles plus ferry
Community Council:	Whalsay
Google Street View:

Looking towards Symbister House.

Symbister is the main settlement and harbour on the island of Whalsay, Shetland.
Symbister has a busy harbour that is home to the largest part of the Shetland Pelagic Trawler fleet.

The main attraction in the harbour area is the restored Pierhouse, also known as the Hanseatic Booth.
Symbister House, built by the Bruce family in 1823, now the Whalsay School, is another attraction in Symbister.

Whalsay Leisure Centre and the nearby Harbison Park, the home field for Whalsay Football Club, is also located in the Symbister area.

Businesses

Whalsay Boating Club

Symbister. Old and new - the old Hanseatic Booth and modern trawlers

• JWJ (Whalsay) Ltd.
• Whalsay Boating Club
• Whalsay Haulage

Fishing gear and boats, Symbister 2003

The house known as "Harbour View" The basement of this house is believed to have been used as a booth by merchants from Bremen

The "B­öd Walk", earlier called the "Bremen Strasse"

See also

• Symbister Marina
• Symbister Harbour
• Symbister House
• Whalsay Leisure Centre
• The Hanseatic Booth