Scrabster
Scrabster
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Scrabster Harbour | |
Location within the Caithness area | |
OS grid reference | ND099701 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | THURSO |
Postcode district | KW14 |
Dialling code | 01847 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Scrabster (Scots: Scraibster,[1] Scottish Gaelic: Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal)[2] is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) from Thurso, 22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) from Wick, 112 miles (180 km) from Inverness and 271.7 miles (437.2 km) from Edinburgh. Scrabster Harbour is an important port for the Scottish fishing industry.[3]
During the Second World War, munitions were ferried to Scapa Flow from Scrabster harbour aboard the 40 ft (12.2 m) pilot cutter Mermaid (registered in King's Lynn and built in 1908), skippered by Antony Bridges.[4]
Transport
The NorthLink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) leaves regularly from Scrabster for Stromness in Orkney. Smyril Line operated a weekly service to the Faroe Islands in the summer months, but this was discontinued in 2008.[5]
The nearest railway line is the Far North Line, connecting Thurso to Inverness.
Notable people
- George Bain, who led the revivification of Celtic Art.
References
- ^ Paul Kavanagh. "List of railway station names". Newsnetscotland.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database". Gaelicplacenames.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived 23 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Scapa Ferry, Antony Bridges, ISBN 0 09 916960 6, 1957.
- ^ "Summer ferry sailings cancelled". BBC News. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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