Levenwick is a small village about south of Lerwick, on the east side of the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is part of the parish of Dunrossness and the Levenwick Health Centre provides medical support for the Dunrossness area. It contains a local hall that you can hire and a campsite. As well as a small Sandy beach where otters can often be seen.

Ian Bairnson, guitarist and saxophonist of The Alan Parsons Project was born and raised in the village.

Fishing

The Annual Reports of the Fishery Board for Scotland provide an insight into fishing in Levenwick in the years before the First World War.

Notable people

• Ian Bairnson

References

• This article is based on http://shetlopedia.com/Levenwick a GFDL wiki.

External links

• Canmore - Levenwick Broch site record