Upper Gillock
Upper Gillock is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Upper Gillock is situated nearby to the hamlet Lochshell, as well as near Ackergill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wick John O‘ Groats Airport and Ackergill Tower.
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.
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.
Old St Fergus Church Ruin, High Street, Wick
Ruins
Photo: Jean Aldridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old St Fergus Church Ruin, High Street, Wick is a ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ackergill and Wick.
Ackergill
Hamlet
Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland.
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 Upper Gillock.
Upper Gillock
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.45793° or 58° 27′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.11591° or 3° 6′ 57″ westOpen location code
9CCRFV5M+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1464402835OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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