St Joachim’s Church, Wick

St Joachim's Church is a Category B listed Roman Catholic church in Wick, Scotland.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church in Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “St Joachim’s Roman Catholic Church”, “St Joachim’s Roman Catholic Church, Malcolm Street, Wick”, and “Wick, Malcolm Street, St Joachim’s Roman Catholic Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pulteneytown Central Church and Wick Heritage Museum.

Pulteneytown Central Church

Church

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Pulteneytown Central Church was a Christian church in the Pulteneytown area of Wick in Caithness in the far north of Scotland. It ran church services from 1806 to 1990. The site is now used by a Baptist church.

Wick Heritage Museum

Museum

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Wick Heritage Museum is situated 420 feet northeast of St Joachim’s Church, Wick.

Wick railway station

Railway station

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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 1,900 feet northwest of St Joachim’s Church, Wick.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wick and Papigoe.

Wick

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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 hamlet 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. Staxigoe is situated 1½ miles northeast of St Joachim’s Church, Wick.

St Joachim’s Church, Wick

Categories: Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.43896° or 58° 26′ 20″ north

Longitude

-3.09017° or 3° 5′ 25″ west

Open location code

9CCRCWQ5+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 508702460

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q17825300

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