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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Lerwick
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>Access to the building is restricted to <strong>guided tours</strong>. Tours will last approximately<strong> 90 minutes</strong> and will take a <strong>maximum of 6 people</strong>.</p><p><strong>Booking is essential, </strong>so make sure to book early! Booking details will be uploaded here in the coming weeks.</p><p><strong>Parking is restricted on site - </strong>Please park nearby at Knab Skate Park or Old Anderson High School bus stands.</p><p>Visitors should note that access may be denied in some circumstances as the coastguard station is a live operation centre.</p>
OpeningTime1
10.00, 12.00, 15.00
OpeningDate1
28/9/2019
OpeningDate2
29/9/2019
OpeningTime2
10.00, 12.00, 15.00
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
9149
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
CGOC Shetland
AddressLine2
Knab Road
Postcode
ZE1 0AX
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
Yes
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Coastguard Operations Centre Shetland
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
shetland
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
3387
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,60.14864,-1.140496;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>CGOC Shetland is one of 10 operations centres plus the National Maritime Operations Centre which make up HM Coastguards National Search and Rescue network responding to emergencies on the shoreline and at sea within the UK Search and Rescue Region. </p><p>Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Join a<strong> guided tour</strong> of the building explaining the role of HM Coastguard the UK search and rescue national network concept and the role CGOC Shetland play in this.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1984