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==Places of worship== There are several churches in Lerwick, including: * Adam Clarke Memorial Methodist Church (a congregation of the [[Methodist Church of Great Britain]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/adam-clarke-memorial-methodist-church-lerwick/|title= Adam Clarke Memorial Methodist Church, Lerwick|date= 8 May 2017|publisher= Scotland's Churches Trust|access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref> * Baptist Church, Clairmont Place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lerwickbaptist.org.uk/about/|title=About|publisher=Lerwick Baptist Church|access-date=5 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207064858/http://lerwickbaptist.org.uk/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> * St. Columba's Church β one of three buildings of [[Lerwick and Bressay Parish Church]] (part of the [[Church of Scotland]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shetlandcommunities.org/lbpc/|title=Related pages|archive-date=21 August 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080821104404/http://www.shetlandcommunities.org/lbpc/}}</ref> * St. Magnus' Church, Greenfield Place (part of the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://episcopalshetland.org.uk/st-magnus-lerwick/|title=St Magnus', Lerwick|publisher=St Magnus' Episcopal Church, Lerwick, and St Colman's Episcopal Church, Burravoe|access-date=5 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020304/http://episcopalshetland.org.uk/st-magnus-lerwick/|url-status=live}}</ref> * St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicshetland.scot/|title=Lerwick RC Parish Church|publisher=Catholic Scotland|access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref> In the 19th century there were more churches in Lerwick, including a [[Free Church of Scotland (1843β1900)|Free Church]] on South Hill Head.<ref>{{cite web|title=25 inch 1892β1949|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=60.1518&lon=-1.1444&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=30 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130162106/http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=60.1518&lon=-1.1444&layers=168&b=1|url-status=live}}</ref> While there is not currently a Muslim place of worship in Lerwick, there are plans to refurbish the old Lochside Stores building into a mosque.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plans for mosque|url=https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2022/06/20/plans-lodged-to-convert-former-shop-into-place-of-worship-for-muslim-community|website=The Shetland Times|date=20 June 2022 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref>
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