Book : The Rough Guide
to Scottish Highlands and Islands (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Book : West Highland
Way: Map/Guide
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John O' Groats Passenger ferry service from John O' Groats to
Orkney. Every day all summer from 1st May to 30th September.
www.jogferry.co.uk. About 14 miles north of Wick.
Castle of Mey, Thurso,
Caithness KW14 8XH. Tel: 01847 851473. The former holiday home
of the late Queen Mother is the most northerly castle on the
British mainland. She renovated and restored it and created the
beautiful gardens you see today. For almost half a century she
spent many happy summers here. www.castleofmey.org.uk. About
18 miles north of Wick.
Thurso Castle, Thurso KW14. Thurso Castle was originally a 12th
century earthwork fortress, founded by the Norse Earls. In the
17th century, it was replaced by a stone tower house. The roofless
but impressive remains are visible across the rivermouth from
the old town of Thurso. About 18 miles northeast of Wick.
The Wick Heritage Museum,
Bank Row, Lower Pulteneytown, Wick. Tel: 01955 605393. The largest
museum in the North of Scotland. The house, curing yard and cooperage
form a museum of Wick's fishing heritage and house the Johnston
Photographic Collection - some 100,000 images by three generations
of family photogaphers, from 1860-1950. Location: In the centre
of Wick.
Castle of Old Wick. Tel: 01667 460232. The ruin of the best-preserved
Norse castle in Scotland is dramatically located on a spine of
rock projecting into the sea, between two deep, narrow gullies.
Visitors must take great care. The simple four-storey tower is
thought to have been built in the late 12th or early 13th century
when Caithness was ruled by the Norse Earls of Orkney. About
2 miles south of Wick.
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