Academy Braes
Academy Braes is a forest in Highland Council, Scotland. Academy Braes is situated nearby to the quarter Town Centre, as well as near Pulteneytown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wick John O‘ Groats Airport and Wick railway station.
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.
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 Town and County Hospital
Hospital
Wick Town and County Hospital is a health facility in Seaforth Avenue, Wick, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wick and Ackergill.
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…
Ackergill
Hamlet
Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland.
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.
Academy Braes
- Type: Forest
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.4399° or 58° 26′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.0916° or 3° 5′ 30″ westOpen location code
9CCRCWQ5+X9OpenStreetMap ID
way 508219264OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Joachim’s Church, Wick and Pulteneytown Central Church.
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