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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Brae
| static_image_name= Toytownbrae.jpg
| static_image_caption= "Toy Town", Brae
| country= Scotland
| population = {{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Brae}}
| population = 660
| population_ref = ({{United Kingdom statistics year|ScotSettlement}})<ref>{{Scotland settlement population citation}}</ref>
| population_ref = <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online|title =Comparative Population Profile: Brae Locality | url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=brae&mainLevel=Locality | date = 29 April 2001| accessdate =31 August 2008}}</ref> ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]])<br>
| os_grid_reference= HU359681▼
est. 690<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/stats/06mye-settlements-table1.csv|title=Table 1: Mid-2006 Population Estimates - Settlements in alphabetical order|publisher=[[General Register Office for Scotland]]|accessdate=1 September 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206092838/http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/stats/06mye-settlements-table1.csv|archivedate=6 December 2008}}</ref> (2006)
| coordinates = {{coord|60.396|-1.351|display=inline,title}}
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|historic_county=
| latitude= 60.396
| post_town= SHETLAND▼
| longitude= -1.351
| postcode_area= ZE ▼
▲ | post_town= SHETLAND
| postcode_district= ZE2▼
▲ | postcode_area= ZE
| dial_code= 01806▼
▲ | postcode_district= ZE2
| constituency_westminster= [[Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]]▼
▲ | dial_code= 01806
| civil_parish= [[Delting]]
▲ | constituency_westminster= [[Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]]
| civil_parishunitary_scotland= [[DeltingShetland]]
| unitary_scotlandlieutenancy_scotland= [[Shetland]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament= [[Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Shetland]] ▼
| lieutenancy_scotland= [[Shetland]]
| edinburgh_distance_mi = 314
▲ | constituency_scottish_parliament= [[Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Shetland]]
| london_distance_mi = 616
}}
 
:''"Brae" is also the Lowland Scots language word for the slope or brow of a [[hill]].''
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'''Brae''' ([[Old Norse]]: ''Breiðeið'', meaning "the wide isthmus") is a settlementvillage on the island of [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]] in [[Shetland]], Scotland, United Kingdom.
 
==Description==
TraditionallyBrae was historically a fishing village, but with the construction of the nearby [[Sullom Voe Oil Terminal]] in the 1970s Braeit grew rapidly, merging with the nearby village of Northbrae. It is located at the northeastnorthern end of [[Busta Voe]], on the narrow [[isthmus]] that separates the mainland fromjoins [[Northmavine]] to the rest of the Mainland. The village also stages its own [[Delting Up Helly Aa|Up Helly Aa]].
 
The [[A970 road|A970]] which connects [[Lerwick]] to Northmavine forms the main street of Brae. Brae's police and fire stations, schools, and NHS clinic service much of the northern part of the mainlandMainland.
 
Brae is also home to one of two secondary schools in Shetland that serve all 6 years of Scottish secondary education, the other being in [[Anderson High School, Lerwick|Lerwick]].
There are two pubs in Brae.
 
==Etymology==
''Brae'' is the Lowland Scots word for the slope or brow of a hill. The word 'Brae' in Shetland dialect has a different meaning; it may come from the Old Norse word ''breiðr'' meaning broad. The village may take its name from the broad isthmus between Sullom Voe and Busta Voe as opposed to the narrower one a little further northwest at [[Mavis Grind]].<ref>{{citeCitation webneeded|urldate=http://shetlopedia.com/Brae|title=Brae|publisher=Shetlopedia|accessdate=30 JulySeptember 20082018}}</ref> Alternatively the name may mean "a slope to the sea".
 
==Notable people==
[[Jonathan Sutherland]], television and radio broadcaster and main anchor of [[Sportscene]], is from Brae.
 
[[Erraid Davies]] is a member of the [[Delting]] Dolphins swimming club<ref name="herald scotland">{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/commonwealth-games/cwg-news/hannah-miley-and-erraid-davies-a-champion-and-a-cherub-now-on-the-same-w.24777033|title=Hannah Miley and Erraid Davies: a champion and a cherub now on the same wavelength &#124; Herald Scotland|publisher=heraldscotland.com|accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2014}}</ref> based in Brae, which claims to be "the most northerly active swimming club in the UK".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deltingdolphins.co.uk/?page_id=12|title=About us|publisher=Delting Dolphins Swimming Club|accessdateaccess-date=29 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729174725/http://deltingdolphins.co.uk/?page_id=12|archive-date=29 July 2014}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.scotland.com/shetland/brae/ Scotland - Brae]
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/774/details/brae+whaling+station+and+jetty/ Canmore - Brae Whaling Station and Jetty site record]
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/797/details/busta/ Canmore - Busta Standing Stone site record]
 
 
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[[Category:Villages in Mainland, Shetland]]
[[Category:Portages]]
 
 
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