Burnside
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.- Type: Quarter
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Burnside, Highland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scrabster Castle and Wolfburn distillery.
Scrabster Castle
Ruins
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scrabster Castle was a castle, near Burnside, about 0.5 miles north and west of Thurso, and 0.5 miles south of the village of Scrabster, Highland in Scotland, south of Thurso Bay. It is on an eroding promontory.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thurso and Scrabster.
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.
Thurso East
Quarter
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thurso East is a coastline section of the Atlantic 0.5 miles east of Thurso, Caithness, northern Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the River Thurso, overlooked by the remains of Thurso Castle.
Burnside
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.59916° or 58° 35′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.54224° or 3° 32′ 32″ westOpen location code
9CCRHFX5+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5316908754OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q5000109
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Burnside” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Burnside”
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