Castletown, Highland
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Castletown
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Olrig Parish Church, Castletown | |
Location within the Caithness area | |
Population | 810 |
OS grid reference | ND196678 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | THURSO |
Postcode district | KW14 |
Dialling code | 01847 821 |
Police | Scottish |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Castletown (Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chaisteil) is a village on the north coast of Caithness. It is in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Castletown is on the A836 main road between John of Groats and Tongue via Thurso. It is 5 miles east of Thurso.[1][2][3] In 2020 Castletown had a population of 810.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ↑ "Pin point and share locations with dropped pins | OS Maps". explore.osmaps.com. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ↑ "Castletown · Thurso, UK". Castletown · Thurso, UK. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ↑ Team, National Records of Scotland Web (2013-05-31). "National Records of Scotland". National Records of Scotland. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-09-09.