Skipidock, Garthspool, Lerwick is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 August 1996. Dock.

Skipidock, Garthspool, Lerwick

WRENN ID
south-entrance-marsh
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Shetland Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 August 1996
Type
Dock
OS grid reference
HU 470 418
Coordinates
60.15875, -1.15488
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Skipidock is an early 19th-century dock that was reconstructed in 1895. It has a splayed plan and is surrounded by a pier to the north, which has an entrance at the east end, a quay wall to the east, and a beach to the south. The quay and pier walls are made of large, rough sandstone blocks, and some original stone mooring bollards are still present.

Local climate

Skipidock, Garthspool, Lerwick sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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