Sinclairs Bay
Sinclairs Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sinclair Bay” and “Sinclair’s Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Sinclair Girnigoe and Noss Head Lighthouse.
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 2 miles south of Sinclairs Bay.
Noss Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Noss Head Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse near Wick in Caithness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located at the end of Noss Head, a peninsula on the north-west coast of Caithness that overlooks Sinclairs Bay, three miles north-east of Wick. Noss Head Lighthouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Sinclairs Bay.
Wick Golf Club
Golf course
Wick Golf Club was established in 1870, making it the oldest established golf club in the Highlands of Scotland. Located in Caithness, 3 miles north of the town of Wick, it is one of the most northerly courses in mainland UK. Wick Golf Club is situated 2 miles southwest of Sinclairs Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keiss and Reiss.
Keiss
Village
Photo: Fergus Mather, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keiss is a fishing village at the northern end of Sinclair's Bay on the east coast of Caithness in Scotland's Highland Council area. Keiss is situated 2½ miles northwest of Sinclairs Bay.
Reiss
Village
Reiss is a village in the former county of Caithness, now in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. It is well known in the Caithness area for its beach and also the 18-hole Wick golf course. Reiss is situated 3 miles southwest of Sinclairs Bay.
Ackergill
Hamlet
Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland. Ackergill is situated 3½ miles south of Sinclairs Bay.
Sinclairs Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Sinclairs Bay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sinclairs badia”
- Catalan: “Sinclair’s Bay”
- Cebuano: “Sinclairs Bay”
- Swedish: “Sinclairs Bay”
- Welsh: “Bae Sinclair”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ackergillshore and Nybster.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle Girnigoe (duplicate) and Keiss Castle.
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