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413: 34: 50: 1102: 57: 429:. It was originally surrounded by water but due to land reclamation, that is no longer the case. The remains of the castle are the most notable feature of the village, located near the quay. (The castle is usually locked, but a key can be borrowed from the nearby Scalloway Hotel or from the adjacent Scalloway Museum.) 566:), which offers courses and supports research programmes in fisheries sciences, aquaculture, marine engineering and coastal management. It is also home to the Centre for Nordic Studies. NAFC Marine Centre at Ness of Westshore offers courses in "nautical studies, marine science and technology, and seafood quality". 581:
The service 4 bus operated by R Robertson & Son runs thirteen times from Lerwick between the times of 07:20 to 22:00 Monday to Thursday and 07:30 to 23:30 on Fridays and Saturdays. Service 5, run by Andrew's of Whiteness runs from East Voe (Blydoit) three times a day to the isles of Tronda and
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The village has a swimming pool and a primary school. Scalloway Junior High School, the secondary department, was closed by the
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Burra and extends with service 4. The service 4 bus runs four times on a Sunday from Lerwick between 11:40 and 19:00.
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off the west coast of Shetland, Scalloway took over some functions as a service base for the oil business.
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Barbara Tulloch and her daughter Ellen – the last witches to be burned in Shetland – were executed on
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After the war Scalloway served as harbour of the Shetland-Orkney ferry service (MV
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Scalloway is the location of the North Atlantic Fisheries College (part of the
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The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure
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In 1996, Kåre Emil Iversen published his wartime memoirs,
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Scalloway is located in Shetland
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