Janetstown
Janetstown is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Janetstown is situated nearby to the hamlet Newlands of Geise, as well as near Glengolly.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunbar Hospital and Thurso railway station.
Dunbar Hospital
Hospital
Dunbar Hospital is a health facility in Ormlie Road, Thurso, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. Dunbar Hospital is situated 1½ miles northeast of Janetstown.
Thurso railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thurso railway station is a railway station located in Thurso, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves the town and its surrounding areas, along with ferry services linking the mainland with Stromness on the Orkney Islands. Thurso railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Janetstown.
Wolfburn distillery
Distillery
Wolfburn distillery is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. After ceasing production in the 1860s, a new distillery of the same name opened in 2013. Wolfburn distillery is situated 2 miles northeast of Janetstown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnside and Thurso.
Burnside
Quarter
Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at grid reference ND106691. Burnside is situated 2½ miles northeast of Janetstown.
Thurso
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thurso is a town in Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 7390 in 2020. The name probably refers to the deity Thor, and this area was Norse until the 13th century.
Scrabster
Village
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.
Scrabster is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+1⁄2 miles from Thurso, 22+1⁄2 miles from Wick, 112 miles from Inverness and 271.7 miles from Edinburgh. Scrabster is situated 3 miles north of Janetstown.
Janetstown
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.56692° or 58° 34′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.57556° or 3° 34′ 32″ westElevation
243 feet (74 metres)Open location code
9CCRHC8F+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1465569463OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13279788
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