Head of Fastgeo

Head of Fastgeo is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Head of Fastgeo is situated nearby to the locality Wife Geo Stack, as well as near Sailor’s Head.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Freswick Castle and Duncansby Head Lighthouse.

Freswick Castle

Castle

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Freswick Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Head of Fastgeo.

Duncansby Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Duncansby Head is in Caithness, Highland, in north-eastern Scotland. The headland juts into the North Sea, with the Pentland Firth to its north and west and the Moray Firth to its south. Duncansby Head Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles north of Head of Fastgeo.

8 Doors distillery

Distillery

8 Doors Distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in John O'Groats, Caithness. The distillery was founded in 2022. It is the most northerly Scotch whisky distillery on the Scottish mainland. 8 Doors distillery is situated 2½ miles northwest of Head of Fastgeo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skirza and John o’Groats.

Skirza

Hamlet

Skirza or Skirsa, is a small remote linear fishing village, overlooking Freswick Bay to the south and Skirza Head to the southeast, in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

John o’Groats

Photo: Davidcarroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.

John o'Groats is a village in the former county of Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland. With a population of about 300, it makes its living from tourism, as it's the traditional north terminus of the British mainland road network.

Freswick

Hamlet

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Freswick or Skirza, is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Freswick Bay to the east, in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Skirza lies directly northeast of Freswick. Freswick is situated 2 miles southwest of Head of Fastgeo.

Head of Fastgeo

Type: Locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.61197° or 58° 36′ 43″ north

Longitude

-3.03866° or 3° 2′ 19″ west

Open location code

9CCRJX66+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4698678307

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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