Pillbox
Pillbox is a bunker in Highland Council, Scotland. Pillbox is situated nearby to the swimming pool North Baths, as well as near the lighthouse Wick South.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wick Heritage Museum and Wick railway station.
Wick Heritage Museum
Museum
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wick Heritage Museum is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Pillbox.
Wick railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wick railway station is a railway station located in Wick, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves the town of Wick and other surrounding areas in the historic county of Caithness, including Staxigoe, Papigoe and Haster. Wick railway station is situated 4,000 feet west of Pillbox.
Wick John O‘ Groats Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wick John O' Groats Airport is located one nautical mile north of the town of Wick, at the north-eastern extremity of the mainland of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wick and Papigoe.
Wick
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wick is a town in Caithness in the far northeast of Scotland, with a population of 6870 in 2020. The name comes from Norse vik, meaning a bay. The town first grew up north of the river: in the 19th century the fishing port of Pulteney was established to the…
Papigoe
Village
Papigoe is a village on the east coast of Caithness, at the head of Broad Haven Bay in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Staxigoe
Village
Staxigoe is a former fishing village, located 2 miles east of Wick on the north-eastern coast of the former county of Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.44249° or 58° 26′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.07747° or 3° 4′ 39″ westOpen location code
9CCRCWRF+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 506467502OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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