Papigoe
Papigoe is a village on the east coast of Caithness, at the head of Broad Haven Bay in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.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. Wick railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Papigoe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Staxigoe and Wick.
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.
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…
Ackergill
Hamlet
Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland. Ackergill is situated 2 miles northwest of Papigoe.
Papigoe
- Type: Village with 50 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.44928° or 58° 26′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.05716° or 3° 3′ 26″ westPopulation
50Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
9CCRCWXV+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1458061681OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13271111Wikidata ID
Q7132835
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Papigoe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Dutch—“Papigoe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Papigoe”
- Dutch: “Papigoe”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Broadhaven and Willowbank.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Papigoe, Broch site and Cairn of Elsay, broch, Staxigoe.
Scotland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.