Place:Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland

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NameCunningsburgh
TypeParish
Coordinates60.053889°N 1.241667°W
Located inShetland, Scotland


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Cunningsburgh, formerly also known as Coningsburgh ( meaning "King's castle"), is a hamlet and ancient parish in the south of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south south west of Lerwick, about halfway between there and Sumburgh Head. The parish was merged with Dunrossness and Sandwick in 1891. It is on the A970 road. There is a primary school, a marina, a community shop, a public hall, a history centre, a touring park, and a United Free Church of Scotland kirk.

Amongst the settlements in the parish are Aithsetter, Ocraquoy, and Gord.

Cunningsburgh is included in the South Mainland Up Helly Aa fire festival (SMUHA). SMUHA was the first Up Helly Aa event to have elected a female Guizer Jarl, Lesley Simpson, in 2015.

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