Thurso (pronounced /ˈθɜrsoʊ/, Scots: Thursa, Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Theòrsa) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical area of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the British mainland. It lies at the junction of the north-south A9 road and the west-east A836 road, connected to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the east. The 34 miles (55 km) River Thurso flows through the town and into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river estuary serves as a small harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil parish including the town and the surrounding countryside had a population of 9,112.
Population: 7,492
Latitude: 58° 35' 33.76" N
Longitude: -3° 31' 33.38" W
Fresgoe is the main harbour for the village of Reay, overlooking Sandside Bay in Caithness in the Scottish highlands. It was built in the early 1830s, by a Major William Innes, primarily to encourage fishing and was also used on the north coast trad…
Thurso East (alternatively, the North Shore) is a coastline section of the Atlantic 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Thurso, Caithness, northern Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the River Thurso, overlooked by the remains of Thurso Castle. The re…
Olrig is a parish in Caithness, Scotland and the main settlement in the parish is Castletown.
Loch Watten is a loch in Caithness, Scotland in the River Wick drainage basin.
Huna is a small remote crofting township, located 2 miles northeast of Canisbay and 3 miles west of John o' Groats in Caithness, in Scotland. It is currently part of the Highland Council area. Huna is located 0.5 miles from John o' Groats.
Ham is a village in the Caithness region in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Dunnet Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church in Dunnet, Caithness, northern Scotland. References to St Mary’s Parish Church are known from as far back as the 13th century, and there are pre-16th century gravestones in the churchyard.
Ca na Catanach (translation: "Sutherland Men's Path") is a road and footpath between Sutherland and Caithness in the northeastern Scottish Highlands. Noted as a medieval drovers' road by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments o…
Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland.
The A882 road is entirely within Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland.
The Wolf Burn is a small stream, running from a suspect subterreanean source behind the Ormlie housing estate in Thurso, Highland Region in the United Kingdom. Its issue is by Burnside, Caithness.
Tormsdale is a megalithic site on the banks of the River Thurso, in Caithness, Scotland.
Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a bay of Atlantic water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland.
Strath Burn is a stream which has its source in the Flow Country of Caithness, Scotland, at a height above sea level of around 70 metres, at the confluence of Kensary Burn, and Rowens Burn, and about five kilometres south of the village of Watten.
Scouthal Burn has its source in the Flow Country of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, at a height of around 50 metres, at the confluence of the Burn of Achorole and Alt Feithe Buidhe and about three kilometres south/southwest of the villa…
Reay Parish Church is a Church of Scotland parish church serving Reay, Caithness. It is one of the most northerly communities on the Scottish mainland, located several miles to west of Thurso.
Reaster is a small village in Bower parish, Caithness Highland, Scotland.
Loch Burn, flows out of the eastern end of Loch Watten in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, at a height of around 20 metres and about one kilometre north/northeast of the village of Watten.