Bigton

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Bigton

| label_position=left

| country= Scotland

| static_image_name= View over Bigton to Foula (geograph 2770608).jpg

| static_image_caption= A view over Bigton and across the sea to Foula

| population=

| os_grid_reference= HU377211

| coordinates = {{coord|59.974|-1.323|display=inline,title}}

|historic_county=

|post_town= SHETLAND

| postcode_area= ZE

| postcode_district= ZE2

| dial_code= 01950

| constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland

| civil_parish= Dunrossness

| unitary_scotland= Shetland

| lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland

| constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland

}}

Bigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Bigton is within the civil parish of Dunrossness.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails8329.html|title=Details of Bigton|publisher=Scottish Places|accessdate=17 December 2014}}

Bigton lies on the Atlantic coast of the island overlooking St Ninian's Isle and within view is the island of Burra, further to the north. It is 18 miles by road from Lerwick, just off the B9122 and lies just north of the settlement of Scousburgh. The smaller settlement of Ireland adjoins Bigton.

Facilities include a post office/shop{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=Bigton Post Office at Bigton in Shetland. |url=https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you/post-office/bigton-ze2-9ja |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Royal Mail, UK}} and a cafe. Bigton Kirk{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=1997-03-26 |title=BIGTON, ST NINIAN'S CHURCH (CHURCH OF SCOTLAND), INCLUDING BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS (LB44537) |url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB44537 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Historic Environment Scotland}} was sold by the Church of Scotland in 2021 to Bigton Collective who converted it into a community centre.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-26 |title=5. Structural Inspection: Bigton Kirk |url=https://caseshetland.co.uk/5-structural-inspection-bigton-kirk |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Civil And Structural Engineering Shetland}} Farming in the area is a mixture of arable and mixed livestock.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Claire |date=2019-12-14 |title=This farming Life’s Budge sisters: A new legacy on Shetland |url=https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/18097002.farming-lifes-budge-sisters-new-legacy-shetland/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=The Scottish Farmer |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2018 |title=Far away on a Scottish island: The Shetland sheep and beef showcase |url=https://www.farmax.co.nz/story/far-away-on-a-scottish-island:-the-shetland-sheep-and-beef-showcase |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Farmax, New Zealand}}

The author, film-maker and painter Elizabeth Balneaves and her husband Dr James McLauchlan Johnston lived in the old manse, Bigton for the last 20 years of Balneaves' life.{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2006-11-11 |title=Elizabeth Balneaves (Obituary) |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12491338.elizabeth-balneaves/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Herald Scotland |language=en}}