West Helmsdale
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.Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Gartymore and 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.
Helmsdale
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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".
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.
West Helmsdale
- Type: Hamlet
- 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
58.11567° or 58° 6′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.66839° or 3° 40′ 6″ westOpen location code
9CCR488J+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 5356161964OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q2360438
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Dutch—“West Helmsdale” goes by many names.
- Basque: “West Helmsdale”
- Dutch: “West Helmsdale”
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