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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]

Toft

The ferry MV Dagalien approaching Toft Pier. This is the ferry across Yell Sound to the island of Yell.
Toft
Location within Shetland
OS grid referenceHU433765
Civil parish
  • Delting
Council area
  • Shetland
Lieutenancy area
  • Shetland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHETLAND
Postcode districtZE2
Dialling code01957
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament
  • Shetland
List of places
UK
Scotland
60.471°N 1.211°W / 60.471; -1.211

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


  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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