Ackergill
Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland.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 one nautical 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.
Ackergill Tower
Hotel
Photo: LeeNapier, Public domain.
Ackergill Tower is located on the coast of Sinclair's Bay, about 2.5 miles north of Wick, Caithness, in northern Scotland. It was built in the early 16th century, and is a Category A listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wick and Reiss.
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…
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 1½ miles northwest of Ackergill.
Staxigoe
Village
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. Staxigoe is situated 2 miles east of Ackergill.
Ackergill
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.46167° or 58° 27′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.11198° or 3° 6′ 43″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
9CCRFV6Q+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1458057785OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Dutch—“Ackergill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ackergill”
- Dutch: “Ackergill”
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