Editing Lerwick (section)

{{Short description|Town in Shetland, Scotland}}
{{For-multi|the aircraft|Saro Lerwick|the Norwegian towns|Larvik|and|Lervik}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Lerwick
| scots_name = Lerook
| gaelic_name = Liùrabhaig
| static_image_name = File:The waterside of the houses on Twageos Road, Lerwick - geograph.org.uk - 6015394.jpg
| static_image_caption = Lodberries, Lerwick
| static_image_width = 270px
| label_position = left
| country = Scotland
| population = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Lerwick}}
| population_ref = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 3.15<!--area ancient parish, because the population figure of 6958 does not include Cunningsburg, Quarff, Burra-->
| area_footnotes =<ref name="Gazetteers">{{Cite web |url=http://digital.nls.uk/gazetteers-of-scotland-1803-1901/pageturner.cfm?id=97406026&mode=transcription |title=1901 – Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland (1065) Page 1057 |access-date=19 June 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027204350/https://digital.nls.uk/archive/assets/skins/da3/assets/backgrounds/97491608/background.css |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_density = 
| os_grid_reference = HU474414
| edinburgh_distance = {{convert|300|mi}}
| london_distance = {{convert|600|mi}}
| coordinates = {{coord|60.155|-1.145|display=inline,title}}
| historic_county = 
| post_town = SHETLAND
| postcode_area = ZE
| postcode_district = ZE1
| dial_code = 01595
| constituency_westminster = [[Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]]
| civil_parish = Lerwick
| unitary_scotland = [[Shetland]]
| lieutenancy_scotland = [[Shetland]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Shetland]]
| website = 
}}

'''Lerwick''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|r|ᵻ|k}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɜː|r|w|ᵻ|k}}; {{langx|non|Leirvik}}; {{langx|nrn|Larvik}}) is the main town and port of the [[Shetland]] [[archipelago]], Scotland. Shetland's only [[burgh]], Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010.<ref name=Population>{{cite web|url=http://visit.shetland.org/lerwick|title=Visit.Shetland.org|work=Visit Shetland|access-date=25 December 2010|archive-date=22 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722122259/http://visit.shetland.org/lerwick|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the northernmost major settlement within the [[United Kingdom]].

Centred {{convert|123|mi|-1}} off the north coast of the Scottish mainland and on the east coast of the [[Shetland Mainland]], Lerwick lies {{convert|211|mi|km}} [[boxing the compass|north-by-northeast]] of [[Aberdeen]]; {{convert|222|mi|km}} west of the similarly sheltered port of [[Bergen]] in Norway; and {{convert|228|mi|km}} south east of [[Tórshavn]] in the [[Faroe Islands]].{{refn|group=n|All of these distances are greater by sea as there are varying amounts of intervening land.}} One of the [[list of coastal weather stations of the United Kingdom|UK's coastal weather stations]] is situated there, with [[Lerwick#Climate|the local climate]] having small seasonal variation due to the maritime influence. Being located further north than [[Saint Petersburg]] and three of the four mainland [[Scandinavia|Nordic]] capitals, and on the same latitude as [[Anchorage, Alaska]], Lerwick's nights in the middle of summer only get dark twilight and winters have below six hours of complete daylight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/lerwick?month=6&year=2022|title=Sunrise and sunset times for Lerwick (Shetland Islands), June 2022|publisher=Timeanddate.com|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/lerwick?month=12|title=Sunrise and sunset times for Lerwick (Shetland Islands), December 2022|publisher=Timeanddate.com|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref>