Creich

Creich is a substantial parish on the north side of the Dornoch Firth the largest settlement being Bonar Bridge. It lies in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.

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Type: Hamlet with 1,110 residents
Description: Scottish parish in the Highland council area
Also known as: “Creich (Highland)”, “Creich, Sutherland”, and “Little Creich”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loch Migdale, crannog 300m ESE of Lochend and Ardgay railway station.

Loch Migdale, crannog 300m ESE of Lochend

Archaeological site

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch Migdale, crannog 300m ESE of Lochend is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Creich.

Ardgay railway station

Railway station

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Ardgay railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ardgay and its neighbour Bonar Bridge in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 57 miles 70 chains from Inverness, between Tain and Culrain. Ardgay railway station is situated 2½ miles west of Creich.

Migdale Hospital

Hospital

The Migdale Hospital is a health facility in Bonar Bridge, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. Migdale Hospital is situated 2 miles northwest of Creich.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bonar Bridge and Spinningdale.

Bonar Bridge

Village

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bonar Bridge is a village on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland to the west and the Dornoch Firth to the east in the Parish of Creich in the Highland council area of Scotland. Bonar Bridge is situated 2 miles northwest of Creich.

Spinningdale

Village

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Spinningdale is a hamlet in the Parish of Creich, on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth in eastern Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies 5 miles northeast of Bonar Bridge and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Spinningdale is situated 2½ miles east of Creich.

Ardgay

Village

Photo: Graeme Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ardgay ard-GY is a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland. It lies 1 mile south of Bonar Bridge, where the River Carron flows into the Kyle of Sutherland. Ardgay is situated 2½ miles west of Creich.

Creich

Categories: civil parish and locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.87199° or 57° 52′ 19″ north

Longitude

-4.29913° or 4° 17′ 57″ west

Population

1,110

Elevation

82 feet (25 metres)

Open location code

9C9QVPC2+Q8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9611230291

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2644344

Wikidata ID

Q5183982

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Japanese—“Creich” goes by many names.

Basque: “Creich”
Dutch: “Creich”
Irish: “Craoich, Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd”
Irish: “Craoich”
Japanese: “クレイック”

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