Helmsdale
Helmsdale is a fishing village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, about two hours by road or rail north of Inverness. In 2011 its population was 764. The name derives from Norse Hjalmundal, the "Dale of the Helmet".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Gearing, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Helmsdale railway station.
Helmsdale railway station
Railway station
Photo: Railwayfan2005, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Helmsdale railway station is a railway station serving the village of Helmsdale in the Highland council area, northern Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line, between Brora and Kildonan, 101 miles 40 chains from Inverness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Helmsdale and Gartymore.
West Helmsdale
Hamlet
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Helmsdale is a small settlement lying on the right bank of the River Helmsdale, on the east coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Helmsdale lies on the left bank of the River Helmsdale.
Gartymore
Hamlet
Gartymore is an area, lying on the east coast of Sutherland and located less than 0.5 miles south west of Helmsdale, close to West Helmsdale, in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Portgower
Village
Portgower is a former fishing village with an inn in the parish of Loth on the east coast of Scotland near Helmsdale, Sutherland, the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of the Highlands.
Helmsdale
- Type: Village with 764 residents
- 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
58.1168° or 58° 7′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.6517° or 3° 39′ 6″ westPopulation
764Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HMAOpen location code
9CCR488X+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 612993564OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Helmsdale” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Helmsdale”
- Bengali: “হেলসডেল”
- Bulgarian: “Хелмсдале”
- Cebuano: “Helmsdale”
- Chinese: “赫尔姆斯代尔”
- Chinese: “赫爾姆斯代爾”
- Dutch: “Helmsdale”
- French: “Helmsdale”
- German: “Helmsdale”
- Irish: “Bun Ilidh”
- Italian: “Helmsdale”
- Japanese: “ヘルムズデール”
- Scots: “Helmsdale”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bun Ilidh”
- Swedish: “Helmsdale”
- Welsh: “Helmsdale”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Helmsdale”. Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.