Levenwick is a very scenic small village about 17 miles (27.4 km) south of Lerwick

Lerwick

Lerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland...

, on the east side of the South Mainland

South Mainland

The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland lying south of Hellister .*Lerwick*Scalloway*Veensgarth*Gulberwick*Quarff*Cunningsburgh*Sandwick, Shetland*Hoswick*Bigton, St Ninian's Isle*Scousburgh...

 of Shetland. It is part of the parish of Dunrossness

Dunrossness

Dunrossness, . It is the southernmost parish of Shetland, and includes, Levenwick, Bigton, Scousburgh, Quendale, Virkie, Fair Isle....

 and the Levenwick Health Centre provides medical support for the Dunrossness area.

In the literature of the isles, it is associated with George Stewart

George Stewart

George Stewart may refer to:*George E. Stewart, Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient*George F. Stewart , American food scientist*George Francis Stewart , Irish land agent...

, author of the pioneering Shetland Fireside Tales, who lived here in his youth. Today Levenwick is home to a number of artists, including Amy Moncrieff, Anne Bain and James Bruce Thomason. It was also where musician Ian Bairnson

Ian Bairnson

Ian Bairnson is a Scottish musician, famous for being one of the core members of The Alan Parsons Project. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who has played saxophone and keyboards, although he is best known as a guitarist...

grew up.

Sources

• This article is based on http://shetlopedia.com/Levenwick a GFDL wiki.