Haster
Haster is a small remote rural hamlet and district in Wick, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is located just west of the Bridge of Haster, which carries the A882 road linking the burghs of Wick and Thurso over the Achairn Burn to the main A9 road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wick railway station and Wick Town and County Hospital.
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 2 miles east of Haster.
Wick Town and County Hospital
Hospital
Wick Town and County Hospital is a health facility in Seaforth Avenue, Wick, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. Wick Town and County Hospital is situated 2 miles east of Haster.
Caithness General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caithness General Hospital is a rural general hospital operated by NHS Highland, located in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. Caithness General Hospital is situated 2 miles east of Haster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ackergill and Reiss.
Ackergill
Hamlet
Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland. Ackergill is situated 2 miles northeast of Haster.
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 2½ miles north of Haster.
Wick
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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…
Haster
- Type: Village
- 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
58.4437° or 58° 26′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.15617° or 3° 9′ 22″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9CCRCRVV+FGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1458097157OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Norwegian Bokmål—“Haster” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Haster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Haster”
- Norwegian: “Haster”
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