Gutcher
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Gutcher
| label_position= left
| country= Scotland
| population=
| static_image_name= Gutcher - geograph.org.uk - 355858.jpg
| static_image_caption= Ferncliff House, viewed from Bluemull Sound
| os_grid_reference= HU548991
| coordinates = {{coord|60.671|-0.998|display=inline,title}}
| post_town= SHETLAND
| postcode_area= ZE
| postcode_district= ZE2
| dial_code= 01957
| constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland
| civil_parish= Yell
| unitary_scotland= Shetland
| lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland
| constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland
}}
Gutcher is a settlement on the northeast coast of Yell in the Shetland islands. From here, rollon/roll off ferry services to Belmont on Unst and Hamars Ness on Fetlar operate. The settlement has a harbour, and a former post office which, in 2012, reopened as a bed and breakfast. There is a café adjacent to the ferry waiting room (Geoffrey's) that opened in 2019.
File:The former post office, Gutcher - geograph.org.uk - 1517424.jpg
During World War II, the Luftwaffe machine gunned the post office at Gutcher in an attempt to disrupt the communications system.Penrith, James & Deborah (2007) Orkney & Shetland (part of The Scottish Islands series). Richmond. Crimson Publishing.
References
External links
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- [http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst4808.html Overview of Gutcher, Gazetteer for Scotland]
{{Yell, Shetland}}
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Category:Villages in Yell, Shetland
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