OS grid reference HU448750 Country Scotland Post town SHETLAND Local time Sunday 12:00 PM Council area Shetland | Lieutenancy area Shetland Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district ZE2 Dialling code 01806 Civil parish Delting | |
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Mossbank is a village in the north east of the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. Originally served by an inter island ferry steamer from Lerwick, this ceased when the Yell Sound ferry commenced from the small port of Toft, approximately 1 mile further north. The village was profoundly changed in the early 1980s when construction began on the nearby Sullom Voe oil terminal. Large amounts of temporary accommodation were erected to house the construction workforce, with the population expanding from 130 in the early 1970s to about a thousand a decade later. The number of residents staying in Mossbank is forever changing, making it hard to record a village population.
Map of Mossbank, Shetland, UK
The village has one primary school, Mossbank Primary School, a public house, The Welcome Inn, a shop, The North-Lea Autopoint, a Post Office & a local hall, from where the Youth Club is run.
Mossbank and its adjoining area of Firth are in the parish of Delting. A stone memorial at the entrance to the village commemorates the infamous "Delting Disaster" of 21 December 1900 when twenty two local fishermen in four boats were lost during a storm. An inscription on the memorial reads "You see dey wirna mine, Da Loard gae dem tae me fir a time and dan he took dem back ageen".
Mossbank is also the home to Mossbank football club. The club was formed in 2006 and its status is growing throughout the isles, especially after winning the Shetland Works League, and moving up into the B-League. Currently, the club play their home matches in Brae as there are no suitable playing surfaces in the Firth & Mossbank area.