Backies
Backies is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Backies is situated nearby to the locality Rhives Farm, as well as near the village Golspie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunrobin Castle railway station and Golspie Mills, Golspie.
Dunrobin Castle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunrobin Castle railway station is a railway station on the Far North Line in Scotland, serving Dunrobin Castle near the village of Golspie in the Highland council area.
Golspie Mills, Golspie
Watermill
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Golspie Mills, Golspie is a watermill.
Golspie High School
School
Golspie High School is a secondary school in Golspie, in Sutherland in the north of Scotland. In 2023 there were 264 pupils on the school roll. Pupils are from a catchment area that is particularly vast, stretching as far north as Kinbrace, as far south as the Mound and as far west as Rosehall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golspie and Doll.
Golspie
Village
Photo: Piotr Grzegorz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Golspie is a village and parish in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, which lies on the North Sea coast in the shadow of Ben Bhraggie. It has a population of around 1,350.
Doll
Village
Doll is a scattered mixed crofting township and rural village 2 miles southwest of Brora, on the A9 coast road, on the east coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Doll is situated 3 miles east of Backies.
Brora
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brora is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland. Brora is situated 4½ miles east of Backies.
Backies
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Backie”
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.9915° or 57° 59′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.97437° or 3° 58′ 28″ westElevation
171 feet (52 metres)Open location code
9C9RX2RG+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 8743845032OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2656674
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