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Toft, Shetland

Coordinates: 60°28′16″N 1°12′40″W / 60.471°N 1.211°W / 60.471; -1.211
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Toft
The ferry MV Dagalien approaching Toft Pier. This is the ferry across Yell Sound to the island of Yell.
Toft is located in Shetland
Toft
Toft
Location within Shetland
OS grid referenceHU433765
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Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHETLAND
Postcode districtZE2
Dialling code01957
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60°28′16″N 1°12′40″W / 60.471°N 1.211°W / 60.471; -1.211

Toft is a ferry port approximately one mile north of Mossbank on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. From here, a car ferry service to Ulsta on the island of Yell operates. Toft is located in the parish of Delting.[1]

In the late 1970s and early 1980s there was a large workers camp situated here housing thousands of men who were building the Sullom Voe Terminal.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Details of Toft". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Overview of Toft". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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