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Coordinates: 60°41′20″N 0°55′08″W / 60.689°N 0.919°W / 60.689; -0.919

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Uyeasound
👁 Image View from the Isle of Uyea, showing both the village and the sound of the same name
👁 Uyeasound is located in Shetland 👁 Uyeasound Uyeasound Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HP590010
Civil parish	Unst
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01957
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60°41′20″N 0°55′08″W / 60.689°N 0.919°W / 60.689; -0.919

Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea.^[1]

Uyeasound is home to Greenwell's Booth, a Hanseatic trading storehouse, as well as Muness Castle.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In popular culture

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English rock band The Cure's 1993 EP, Lost Wishes, features an instrumental track titled "Uyea Sound".

References

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^ "Overview of Uyeasound". Scottish Places. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ "Greenwell's Booth, Uyeasound". Murray Foote. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Unst, Uyeasound, Greenwell's Booth (Site no. HP50SE 40)". Retrieved 4 July 2025.
^ "Uyeasound Hanseatic Booth". BBC Domesday Reloaded. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

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v t e North Isles, Shetland Islands
Inhabited islands	Fetlar Unst Yell	👁 Flag of Shetland
Other islands	Balta Brough Holm Gloup Holm Haaf Gruney Hascosay Huney Linga Muckle Flugga Out Stack Sound Gruney Urie Lingey Uyea
Towns and villages	Aywick Baltasound Belmont Burravoe Copister Cullivoe Gloup Gutcher Houbie Haroldswick Mid Yell Skaw Ulsta West Sandwick
Points of interest	Belmont House Brough Lodge Burgi Geos Daal of Lumbister Hermaness Muness Castle Old Haa Museum RRH Saxa Vord Unst Bus Shelter Valhalla Brewery

v t e Shetland
Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra East Burra West Burra Fair Isle Fetlar Foula Muckle Roe North Isles Out Skerries Papa Stour Trondra Unst Vaila Whalsay Yell	👁 Flag of Shetland
Other islands	Balta Bigga Brother Isle Colsay Hascosay Hildasay Lamba Linga, Bluemull Sound Linga, Busta Voe Linga (near Vementry) Linga, Vaila Sound Linga, Yell Sound Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra St Ninian's Isle Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry Ve Skerries West Linga
Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Bigton Bixter Brae Cunningsburgh Grutness Gulberwick Gutcher Haroldswick Hillswick Levenwick Mid Yell Mossbank North Roe Ollaberry Quarff Sandwick Scalloway Symbister Toab Toft Ulsta Vidlin Voe Walls Weisdale Whiteness
Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness
Insular Parishes	Bressay Fetlar Unst Yell
Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo Kettla Ness Ronas Voe St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe West Voe of Sumburgh Yell Sound
Extreme points (N S E W)	Out Stack The Skerry, off Fair Isle Bound Skerry Waster Hoevda, Foula
Related topics	Animal breeds Etymology History Prehistory
Museums and other sights	Shetland Museum Tangwick Haa Muness Castle Scalloway Castle

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