Holborn Hill

Holborn Hill is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Holborn Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Holborn Head, as well as near the village Scrabster.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holburn Head Lighthouse and Thurso Lifeboat Station.

Holburn Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.

Holborn Head is a rocky headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, Scotland. It forms the western termination of Thurso Bay. The name Holborn apparently comes from the Old Norse Hóllborg, meaning "hill fort".

Thurso Lifeboat Station

Building

Thurso Lifeboat Station is located at Scrabster Harbour, near the town of Thurso, in the administrative area of Highland, historically Caithness, on the north coast of mainland Scotland.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scrabster and Burnside.

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.

Burnside

Quarter

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. Burnside is situated 1½ miles south of Holborn Hill.

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.

Holborn Hill

Type: Locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

58.62097° or 58° 37′ 16″ north

Longitude

-3.55619° or 3° 33′ 22″ west

Open location code

9CCRJCCV+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 632709809

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Holborn Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Holborn Hill”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Holborn Head and St Ola Pier.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scrabster Fishery Office and RNLI Berth.

Scotland: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee.

Curious Localities to Discover

Uncover intriguing localities from every corner of the globe.