Ham, Shetland
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| Ham | |
| Shetland | |
|---|---|
 Ham | |
| Location | |
| Island: | Foula |
| Grid reference: | HT970390 |
| Location: | 60°8’9"N, 2°3’18"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | ZE2 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Shetland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Orkney and Shetland |
Ham is a tiny hamlet that forms the main population centre of Foula, Shetland's most remote inhabited island. It in noted on Ordnance Survey maps in the Shetland dialect as 'Da Toon o Ham'.
The hamlet is scattered along a small road and a burn ('Da West Burn') which falls into the sea in a minor inlet known as Ham Voe (or locally 'Da Voe'). Passenger ferries sail from here to Scalloway and to Walls in the summer.
The island's school is here too.
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