Staxigoe

Staxigoe is a former fishing village, located 2 miles east of Wick on the north-eastern coast of the former county of Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wick John O‘ Groats Airport and Wick railway station.

Wick John O‘ Groats Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wick John O' Groats Airport is located 1 mile north of the town of Wick, at the north-eastern extremity of the mainland of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.

Wick railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wick railway station is a railway station located in Wick, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves the town of Wick and other surrounding areas in the historic county of Caithness, including Staxigoe, Papigoe and Haster. Wick railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Staxigoe.

Castle Sinclair Girnigoe

Castle

Photo: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Sinclair Girnigoe is located about 3 miles north of Wick on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland. It is considered to be one of the earliest seats of Clan Sinclair. Castle Sinclair Girnigoe is situated 1½ miles north of Staxigoe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Papigoe and Wick.

Papigoe

Village

Papigoe is a village on the east coast of Caithness, at the head of Broad Haven Bay in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Wick

Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wick is a town in Caithness in the far northeast of Scotland, with a population of 6870 in 2020. The name comes from Norse vik, meaning a bay. The town first grew up north of the river: in the 19th century the fishing port of Pulteney was established to the…

Ackergill

Hamlet

Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland. Ackergill is situated 2 miles west of Staxigoe.

Staxigoe

Type: Village with 120 residents
Description: human settlement in Caithness, Highland, Scotland, UK
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.45562° or 58° 27′ 20″ north

Longitude

-3.05865° or 3° 3′ 31″ west

Population

120

Elevation

66 feet (20 metres)

United Nations Location Code

GB SXE

Open location code

9CCRFW4R+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 617570779

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2636986

Wikidata ID

Q7604975

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Staxigoe” goes by many names.

Basque: “Staxigoe”
Dutch: “Staxigoe”
Scottish Gaelic: “Staxigoe”
Urdu: “اسٹیکسگو”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cairn of Elsay, broch, Staxigoe and Papigoe, Broch site.

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