Housa Wick

A beach in Shetland Islands. Nothing is mapped by the sand: bring what you need.

On the beach

No. 918 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 1,594 for an easy beach day.

Within 300 m: Nothing mapped: bring what you needOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
Name: From Wikidata: the sand is unnamed on the mapWikidata, checked 2026-11-01
Size: About 3700 m² as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Surface: ShingleOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29

Position: 60.6062° N, 1.0009° W
Getting there: Directions in Google Maps what3words address Open in OpenStreetMap

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