Brae
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Brae (Old Norse Breiðeið, "the wide isthmus") is on Mainland of the Shetland Islands. It was tiny fishing village then grew rapidly in the 1970s with the construction of Sullom Voe oil terminal. In Scots and Old English a "brae" means a hill or slope, but Shetland was Norse so here it means "broad". A relative term: the isthmus here is a quarter-mile across, but a mile west it's pinched to the 100-yard wide Mavis Grind by which the Northmavine peninsula clings onto the Mainland.
Get in
- 23 miles by road north of Lerwick.
- ZetTrans 21 & 23 connect Lerwick and Toft/Mossbank via Voe and Brae.
Get around
The village is cycle-friendly, so using a bike is a good way to get around. Every few hours, a bus arrives from Lerwick and stops in Brae, before continuing on to Mossbank, northeast of Brae.
See
Mavis GrindThe narrow isthmus connecting Northmavine Peninsula to Mainland.
Do
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phone: +44 1595 807710With swimming pool, fitness suite, squash court, pool table.
Eat
Brae has the most northly fish and chip shop and Indian takeaway in the United Kingdom.
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phone: +44 1806 522700
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Taj Tandoori Takecaway
phone: +44 1806 522500
Drink
Try the hotels.
Sleep
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phone: +44 1806 522506address: Busta
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phone: +44 1806 520010
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phone: +44 1806 522456