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.

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