RAF Skitten
Royal Air Force Skitten or more simply RAF Skitten is a former Royal Air Force satellite station directly east of the village of Killimster, located 5.1 miles north east of Watten, Caithness, Scotland, and 4.7 miles northwest of Wick, Caithness, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Historic site
- Description: Royal Air Force station in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Site of RAF Skitten”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wick Golf Club and Ackergill Tower.
Wick Golf Club
Golf course
Wick Golf Club was established in 1870, making it the oldest established golf club in the Highlands of Scotland. Located in Caithness, 3 miles north of the town of Wick, it is one of the most northerly courses in mainland UK. Wick Golf Club is situated 1 mile east of RAF Skitten.
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. Ackergill Tower is situated 2 miles southeast of RAF Skitten.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reiss and Ackergill.
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.
Ackergill
Hamlet
Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland. Ackergill is situated 3 miles southeast of RAF Skitten.
Keiss
Village
Photo: Fergus Mather, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keiss is a fishing village at the northern end of Sinclair's Bay on the east coast of Caithness in Scotland's Highland Council area. Keiss is situated 3 miles northeast of RAF Skitten.
RAF Skitten
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, air base, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.49387° or 58° 29′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.16243° or 3° 9′ 45″ westOpen location code
9CCRFRVQ+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 4881279891OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q15270948
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“RAF Skitten” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Skitten”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Skitten Broch and Castle Linglas,broch,Keiss Links.
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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 Wikipedia page “RAF Skitten”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.